Senerap 99: a Senegalese hip hop mixtape from 1999
The first mixtape in our Fifteen Years Africanhiphop.com series is also one of the first full-length mixes we uploaded to the web back in 1999 under the flag of ‘Rumba-Kali African Hip Hop…
Listen to 170 hours of African Hip Hop Radio at FunX Lijn5 (2008-2010)
One of the highlights of fifteen years Africanhiphop.com has been our continued radio adventure. Between 2008 and 2010, Africanhiphop.come ran a weekly broadcast of African Hip Hop Radio on Holland’s popular youth radio…
Y’en A Marre & Elections in Senegal – African hip hop radio January 2012
Protests in Dakar, January 31 (AP Photo) In the first African hip hop radio show of 2012, and less than a week before Africanhiphop.com’s 15th anniversary online, dj Threesixty and presenters Amal &…
African hip hop radio – December 2011 with Vieira
The last African hip hop radio show of the year 2011 was a 360 degree look around the landscape of music from Africa and the diaspora with Amal and Dj Threesixty. Starting out…
Radio Vaults: December 2009 – Africanhiphopradio Live Sessions
On the Dutch edition of African hip hop radio we have had an impressive number of artists phoning in and visiting the studio. The latter often impressed us with a little live session….
African Hip Hop Radio: Fully Loaded with Nneka & Sugu
After a hiatus of over one year (not counting the occasional mixtape and guest shows from Nairobi), African Hip Hop Radio is back on air. Or rather the web, because the new shows…
Radio Vaults: July 2007 – Nairobi & French session
One from the vaults: in July 2007, African hip hop radio did a special show from Nairobi, Kenya where host Buddha Blaze invited some of Kenya’s finest hip hop artists into the studio…
Recharging: African Hip Hop Radio x VOTU
As we are recharging for fresh shows from the African hip hop radio deejays, here’s the kick off from Kenya! Ndugus Uswakamili and Jared Ombui from VOTU (Voice of the Underground) did this run-down of the latest tracks from Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.
African Hip Hop Radio September 2010
It’s that time of the year – African hip hop radio is back in the building after a few weeks spent behind the scenes, focusing on foundation work, the annual Doin’ it in the Park festival and preparing our upcoming travels to Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Senegal. In this edition we are (again) welcoming a new member to the dj team: Core Wreckah from Lesotho, currently studying in Cape Town, South Africa.
African hip hop radio: the World Cup edition
If 2010 is the year of Africa, June is most definitely the month where all the international expectation, exploration and exploitation of the Motherland are peaking. The African hip hop deejays went back to the studio to prepare a true pan-African June show. K’naan joined us for a chat during a stopover on his Coca-Cola world tour with exclusive news about his collabo with Akon. Also this month we welcome three new hosts from Zimbabwe and Botswana.
