Showing posts with label indigenous. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indigenous. Show all posts

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Gratitude Cyphers - Mstaafrika Arts Music & Culture, Tanzania

The Revolution will be live, respect to the East Africa Builders Collective family. Re-evaluating the Hip Hop approach By seeding the practice of exploring authentic energy through the power of Gratitude Cyphers designed to celebrate our Indigenous spirit of expression. Much love to the Builders in Tanzania putting in work - Mstaafrika Arts Music & Culture, Tanzania. STAND UP!








Saturday, October 8, 2016

October Editition of Roast & Rhyme 

ROAST & RHYME
ABOUT THE ROAST & RHYME PRESS RELEASE!
"The press release was indeed one of those moments of being tested if we all live up to the hype of SOUL ON STRINGS and also being questioned about the authenticity of the chosen diverse gifts to present on this beautiful event and i have to testify my heart smiled away as each question got slayed by the beautiful energy among these lovely artists i get a chance to share and present with at this second EDITION of ROAST & RHYME 2016. Moment like these are ones you give thanks for just for the simple fact that they are all God designed - much love to the Swangz Avenue family looking forward to the celebration." ~ Babaluku







Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The SEED Show

10 up and coming Ugandan fashion designers and entrepreneurs showcased looks designed to represent the U.S. Uganda partnership. Malaika caught up with Lugaflow artist, Babaluku.






Monday, September 12, 2016

Scene Shifters -- Hip-Hop, Digital Media, and Social Change in Kampala, Uganda




BY Prof. Scott Macklin
One may say that Hip Hop moves masses. But the question arises, is it a movement that amasses moves that matter? In this presentation we will strive to demonstrate movements that are having deep impact. In March of 2014, we traveled to Kampala, Uganda to participate in the Obumu Media Lab dedicated to hip-hop and digital media education. While there, we connected with and facilitating workshops for youth dedicated to community-centric storytelling, hip-hop journalism, video-editing and entrepreneurship.


In the eyes and ears of young people, hip-hop is undoubtedly the most popular form of African American music in our country right now and arguably the world. But what successes and pitfalls are created when this indigenous African American music genre is used as a vehicle for social change in Africa, particularly in a country as politically charged as Uganda? The flipside of that is Uganda is also a country where a whopping 78% of the population is under the age of 30. That's a lot of young people and many of them are listening to and or creating hip-hop music.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Indigenous HipHop & Sustainable Agriculture.

As the OBUMU  Family we are always pushing the envelope to show the power of Hip Hop in Africa designed from the spirit of it true Authentic Indigenous context. As we kick off our season this year to raise the bar for all indigenous Hip Hop Practitioners in Uganda, today we are making history once again Introducing the first ever Indigenous Hip Hop Farmers Market. We would like to thank all the mothers from the market and the youth who are dedicating their time and commitment to bridging the gap between the youth and elders creating new space for both healing and restoring our generation through a shared wisdom that strengthen our vision of the trans formative change we all want to see and be apart of in our villages cities and towns. Thanks to The Davis Peace Project , Kalamazoo College Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership and Bavubuka Allstarz Foundation for believing in the future of indigenous Hip Hop Practitioners in Uganda. We would also like to appreciate - the youth movement involved in this history making experience - Talanta Youth Movement-TYM, Tandika Esaawa , 256 Youth Platform Youthplatform Platform, Tontoma Youth Community - TYC and the Dorcus Project Uganda.

 You all present us a new opportunity of exploring the authentic truth within encouraging our youth to reconnect to Our Beloved Land and the Elders Wisdom. Respect to the The UG - Hiphop - Archivist for sponsoring the covering of this historical gathering.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Global Indigenous Wisdom Summit


The Global Indigenous Wisdom Summit Program Includes:
Indigenous Prophecies & Wisdom 
Challenges & the Healing Journey 
Bringing Our Prophecies & Highest Visions into Reality

It can be terribly disheartening listening to the media and hearing about the crises facing our human family and all life on our beloved Mother Earth. Environmental destruction, economic and political corruption, social and cultural disintegration, violence and human rights abuses abound.


With the focus on all that’s negative in our world, it’s easy to lose sight of the reality that the spiritual world is always bestowing blessings and opening up new possibilities.


Ancient Indigenous prophecies clearly foretold that after many difficulties and struggles during a 500-year-long “spiritual wintertime,” there would come a great “spiritual springtime” which would bring unprecedented unity in diversity to our human family. This spiritual springtime signals the birth of humanity into its full spiritual maturity – from families, clans, communities and nations to a fully harmonious global society.


This is that long-promised time.


During the lengthy spiritual wintertime, Indigenous peoples greatly suffered – as did all members of our human family in one manner or another. While those wounds cannot be undone, they are being healed. We are forging a new path today, one in which the Sacred Hoop of the People is being restored, as prophesized by the great Lakota visionary Heĥáka Sápa, Black Elk:



Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw that the Sacred Hoop of my People was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy.


At the core of this global restoration is the recognition that Indigenous peoples carry a way of being that is sustainable, harmonious, healthy and just. Their ancient wisdom can guide us in creating truly collaborative human relationships.


And now these Indigenous voices from our beloved Mother Earth are coming together to share this sacred knowledge with YOU.


The Global Indigenous Wisdom Summit series features profound wisdom from leaders representing the four directions of Mother Earth. These Indigenous voices share prayers, sacred songs, prophecies, spiritual teachings and pathways to healing, as well as concrete examples for birthing a new era – one in which all members of the human family are treated with respect, understanding, compassion and justice.


This sacred wisdom is important medicine for us all.


And the sharing of this wisdom makes it an exciting time in which to be alive – as the winds of history are with us and as we begin to live in the days of the fulfillment of the sacred prophecies.


Join us in moving toward a new spiritual understanding of ourselves as members of one human family.
Information adapted from http://2014.indigenouswisdomsummit.com/