Gunman xuman biography sample
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Concert Report: Takana Zion & Friends in Conakry, Guinea 2022
10/06/2022 by Gardy Stein
Masoura, Masoura!
This is not just another concert report. This is a heartfelt homage to a country and its people, to a remarkable man and his crew, to an exceptional artist and his music. I can say without exaggeration that the "concert" I'm about to report on was the biggest, most intense, most memorable and most exciting event I ever witnessed. But first things first…
Reggaeville received an invitation to cover a concert entitled "Takana Zion - 15 ans de success", and after accepting, everything was arranged smoothly and efficiently by the local team in Guinee and their French partner, Maxime Nordez aka iWelcom. All I had to do was grab my work tools, board the plane and go, but nothing had prepared me for what the next days had in store for me, my colleague Franck Blanquin from France (reporting for Reggae.fr),
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The Hip Hop African
In my last article, I wrote a profile of Matador, one of Senegal’s most important figures at the intersection of civil society and hip-hop. This week, we will be looking at Makhtar Fall, aka Gunman Xuman, a towering figure in the Senegalese hip-hop scene who has also broken into the international spotlight with an innovative platform: turning the news into music.
Xuman, born in Cote d’Ivoire but raised in Senegal, started his career in the early 90s, rapping in French and Wolof on his first album, Wala Wala Bok. This album opened the doors to the international music scene for Xuman, and he soon became one of the most prolific artists in the country; he has performed Senegalese festivals, European concerts, Chinese expositions, and produced online. But the people (or, more accurately, I) know him best through his immensely popular “Journal Rappé” project, through which Xuman and Keyti, another famous Senegalese hip-hop artist, bring t
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Documents on Democracy
Russia
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent anticorruption activist and Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic, died suddenly in an Arctic penal colony on 16 February 2024. Three days after his death, Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya, posted this speech to her late husband’s YouTube channel. Excerpts, translated bygd Mediazona, follow:
Three days ago, Vladimir Putin killed my husband, Alexei Navalny. Putin killed the father of my children. Putin took away the most precious thing inom had, the closest and most beloved person.
But Putin has also taken Navalny away from you. Somewhere in a colony in the far north, above the Arctic Circle, in the eternal winter. Putin not only killed the man called Alexei Navalny, he also wanted to kill our hopes, our freedom, and our future. He wanted to destroy and erase the best proof that Russia can be different. That we are strong, that we are courageous, that we believe and fight desperately. And that we want to live diff