GCA – Typical Home Movie in the Masai Boma
November 3, 2008 by Admin · Leave a Comment
Great Commission Air visit to Tanzania invited to a Masai wedding. This is a typical Boma or village. You can hear someone talking to a child
Duration : 0:1:59
Swahili song Cheza – X Plastaz (African rap)
October 27, 2008 by Admin · 16 Comments
No Bongo flava: strictly Tanzanian hip hop with Kiswahili and Maasai lyrics.
Latest video by Tanzanian rap group X Plastaz who toured the world with their trademark Maasai hip hop style. After the conscious rap song Nini dhambi, the new video Cheza (‘dance’) is about having a good time. It shows rare on-stage and behind-the-scenes footage from their tours in Europe (Brussels, Amsterdam, London), South America (Brazil: Rio and Salvador) and Gabon (Libreville at Gabao hip hop festival).
With raps by the late Faza Nelly and a beat made by Dutch producer Kid Sundance with a sound reminiscent of Slum Village or Jdilla / Jay Dee.
Edit: Marc Schapink, post production: Thomas Gesthuizen (J4) & Paul Kempe.
Song produced by Kid Sundance
NB this clip is slightly off sync, a youtube problem. I will try to upload another format that will cause less sync issues.
See www.xplastaz.com and www.myspace.com/xplastaz for more about X Plastaz.
Duration : 0:3:52
African music – hip hop from Africa: X Plastaz (Swahili)
October 20, 2008 by Admin · 25 Comments
Not Bongo Flava, this is East African / Tanzanian Hip Hop. Last video of the late mc Faza Nelly from X Plastaz, Tanzania’s most well known hip hop crew who merge Swahili rap and traditional Maasai music. This video to the song ‘Nini dhambi kwa mwenye dhiki?’ about poverty in Tanzania was partly recorded on top of Ol Doinyo Lengai, a remote, active volcano and the Maasai’s ‘Mountain of God’ which had its 1st major eruption in years the day after Nelly died.
Languages: Kiswahili and Maa (kiMaasai)
LYRICS:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=7745264&blogID=420837765
TRANSLATION:
http://www.xplastaz.com/v2/ninidhambi-eng.html
Produced by dj Threesixty (Bamba Nazar), video by J4 (Thomas Gesthuizen).
Postproduction istance Manuel Rodrigues.
More info and music at www.xplastaz.com and www.myspace.com/xplastaz
And check out more on African hip hop at www.africanhiphop.com
Duration : 0:4:37
Play for Learning Kiswahili – My World
October 20, 2008 by Admin · 1 Comment
Learn Kiswahili through play.
Kids Just Love IT!
Play for Learning – My World is an educational software for children between the ages of 2 and 10. It is entertaining and very effective at teaching children Kiswahili as a first or second language.
The software develops the child’s numeracy and literacy skills and seamlessly merges children’s development of non-verbal skills and spatial recognition with the acquisition of Kiswahili through play.
Key features:
It has more than 400 words / statements that children need to learn during early years.
It has over 20 stimulating learning environments such as My Home, The Park, The City and more.
It contains simple suggestions for play / learning activities for adults to refer to.
It has animated textual prompts that encourage children to read.
It uses native Swahili children’s voices and has printable colouring frames
Children find Play for Learning – My World interesting and fun. They click away happily even with minimal instructions.
Visit developer’s website: www.playforlearning.co.uk
Duration : 0:1:39
Swahili Music
October 14, 2008 by Admin · 22 Comments
Varietes musicales en Swahili, Rap Tanzanien et Burundais…
Duration : 0:5:21
Swahili Music
October 3, 2008 by Admin · 7 Comments
De Buja au Burundi kisha pale Bongo na Ma Pozi
Duration : 0:9:59
Matonya – Anita (Swahili Music)
October 1, 2008 by Admin · Leave a Comment
Bongo Flava
Duration : 0:5:32
Taarab: Kazi ya Mungu
September 23, 2008 by Admin · 2 Comments
Taarab/Swahili Music by Jahazi
Duration : 0:6:58
Africa music – Swahili rap: X Plastaz (Hi Quality version)
August 23, 2008 by Admin · 4 Comments
High Quality version (select ‘watch in high quality’).
Not Bongo Flava, this is East African / Tanzanian Hip Hop. Last video of the late mc Faza Nelly from X Plastaz, Tanzania’s most well known hip hop crew who merge Swahili rap and traditional Maasai music. This video to the song ‘Nini dhambi kwa mwenye dhiki?’ about poverty in Tanzania was partly recorded on top of Ol Doinyo Lengai, a remote, active volcano and the Maasai’s ‘Mountain of God’ which had its 1st major eruption in years the day after Nelly died.
Languages: Kiswahili and Maa (kiMaasai)
LYRICS:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus…
TRANSLATION:
http://www.xplastaz.com/v2/ninidhambi…
More info and music at www.xplastaz.com and www.myspace.com/xplastaz
And check out more on African hip hop at www.africanhiphop.com
Duration : 0:4:45
Yesu Nakupenda
August 13, 2008 by Admin · 25 Comments
African dancing they don’t show you on National Geographic – Rose Muhando sings praises to Jesus
Duration : 0:7:5
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