AFRICAN MAXIMALISM » mombasa http://www.african-maximalism.org ¡uɐɔ ǝʍ sǝʎ Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:40:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Urban Wasanii http://www.african-maximalism.org/itsapity/urban-wasanii/ http://www.african-maximalism.org/itsapity/urban-wasanii/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:54:44 +0000 admin http://www.african-maximalism.org/?p=50 Workshop exploring Public Space in Mombasa. For two weeks in June 2008 18 artists, half international and half local, explored, reacted to and interrogated the public space of Mombasa through various means. Work produced varied from performance, to public installations, to murals, to temporary interventions, to a music video, a song and a documentary.

The workshop was organised and facilitated by Kuona Trust, and the concept was developed by Sam Hopkins.

Participating artists included: Nayari Castillo, Marieke Coenan, Mihret Kebede, Sheila Nakitende, Gordon Shamulenge,, Isaac Chibua, Eveginia Golant, Michelle Browne, Cultural Video Foundation, Max Mason, Charles Matathia, Barbara Minishi, Samuel Koigi, Ato Malinda, Otieno Kota, Cyrus Nganga, Michael Makoha, Ukoo Flani.

]]> http://www.african-maximalism.org/itsapity/urban-wasanii/feed/ 0 CVF http://www.african-maximalism.org/itsapity/cvf/ http://www.african-maximalism.org/itsapity/cvf/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:07:58 +0000 admin http://www.african-maximalism.org/?p=26 Cultural Video Foundation – CVF is an international non governmental organisation based in Nairobi specialised in Multimedia for Development and Participatory Videos. CVF has worked all over East Africa and has a strong experience in the field of education, participatory action research and public art.

www.culturalvideo.org
www.youtube.com/culturalvideo

CVF Maskani project

“What is the street culture? And what is the relation between street culture and public space?
How Ukoo Flani hip hop music group can introduce us the public space and the urban culture of Mombasa ?
Mombasa is the city where they grow up, they meet and they started to rap………
What can happen in two weeks if the Ukoo Flani group would started to really think about public space as a new important topic to speak about trough their songs and their performances?
The output of our project is something between a live performance and a film documentary: discover in two weeks the public space dimension of Mombasa city trough the eyes of Ukoo Flani.

This is the link to the video trailer CVF produced with the hip hop group of Ukoo Flani during the Urban Wasanii International Workshop 2008 http://www.youtube.com/user/mascaniCVF

While the music video will released in occasion of african maximalism, the Maskani project is still going on and CVF is looking for founders to edit the final version of the whole documentary.

]]> http://www.african-maximalism.org/itsapity/cvf/feed/ 0 UKOO FLANI http://www.african-maximalism.org/itsapity/ukoo-flani/ http://www.african-maximalism.org/itsapity/ukoo-flani/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:59:36 +0000 admin http://www.african-maximalism.org/?p=24 Ukoo Flani (Upendo Kwote Olewenu Ombeni Funzo La Aliyettumba Njia Iwepo: love everywhere all who seek teachings of the Creator; there is a way) is a combination of diverse talents which was founded in the Coastal town of Mombasa, Kenya in 1996.

Ukoo Flani has been described as a revolutionary hip-hop movement led by thirteen self-proclaimed soldiers who use hip-hop music as a tool to wage war against social injustice and inequality in their native Kenya. The group is comprised of musicians as well as actors, acrobats, and many more creative performers.

Going back to the old centuries, Africans used poetry, song, and story-telling to educate and inform the youth about culture, tradition, and history. Always giving honor to the ancestors, Ukoo Flani’s music is an extension of this rich history.
Upendo Kwote

links:
www.myspace.com/ukooflani
UKOO FLANI on YouTube

this is the link of the Ukoo Flani studio in Nairobi

http://www.youtube.com/user/headbangazent

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