This is second official video from the “Eetzakelijk” EP.

Persoonlijk / Personal (PSL) x The Architekt.

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21 is a song of a young Cape Verdean who is becoming a man and questions his identity by telling the story of the people who suffered at the forgotten concentration camp for the sake of his generation.

Tarrafal (also known as Campo da Morte Lenta, the “Camp of the Slow Death”) was a prison camp in Cape Verde, then a Portuguese colony, set up by the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War (1936), where opponents of his right-wing authoritarian regime were sent. At least 32 anarchists, communists, and other opponents of Salazar’s regime died there.

The camp was closed in 1954 but was re-opened in the 1970s to jail African leaders fighting Portuguese colonialism.

In 2006, the World Monument Fund named Tarrafal one of its 100 watched monuments.

GOOD FOLK is a seasonal series started by Toshi Reagon in collaboration with Joes Pub in 2011.

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MAKIBAKA, HUWAG MATAKOT (Struggle, do not be afraid)

A women in hip-hop showcase dedicated to the speedy recovery and healing of DJ Kuttin Kandi.
Featuring: Invincible, Pri the Honeydark w/ Helixx C, Big Tara of ANOMOLIES & The Ladies of MAWU, Reina Williams, and DJ Reborn, and special guests.

(proceeds will go to Kuttin Kandi’s medical expense fund)

International representation of artists include: Tarrus Riley(Jamaica) Nate (London UK) Rich Kidd (Toronto/Ghana) Reema Major (Toronto/Sudan) Awadi(Senegal) JRDN (Halifax) Ian Kamau (Toronto/Trinidad) M1 of Dead prez (USA) Nomadic Massive (Montreal, Haiti, Chile, France, Argentina, Algeria,) Shing Shing Regime (Hamilton) Donisha Prendergast (Bob Marley’s Granddaughter-Jamaica) Voodoo Souljah’s(Columbia) Quanche (Toronto/Dominican republic) Protoje( Jamaica) Kymani Marley(Jamaica) Jah9(Jamaica) Tru Paz (Toronto/Jamaica) KDB (Toronto/ Ghana) Eyezon (South Africa)

In partnership with: Hip Hop Canada, Manifesto, ManifestoJA, Nomadic Wax Jamaica50 and Lost Lyrics

Compilation available online for free June 2nd

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Fair Play is a global competition for original songs by young bands (18-35 years) on the theme of anti-corruption. Read more about FairPlay.

‘Reveil/the Awakening’ is a critical look at the condition of Alesh’s mother country, released in a time where many popular artists refrained from any political comments, instead recording songs in favour of Joseph Kabila’s presidential campaign. The video was filmed in different parts of the country, including Baniele, a squatter area on the outskirts of Kinshasa.

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SUMMER PASTURE
a film by Lynn True Nelson Walker
and Tsering Perlo

In recent years, growing pressures from the outside world have posed unprecedented challenges for Tibetan nomads.
Rigid government policies, rangeland degradation, and the allure of modern life
have prompted many nomadic families to leave the pastures for permanent settlement in towns and cities.
According to nomads, the world has entered duegnan — dark times.

Summer Pasture is a feature-length documentary that chronicles one summer
with a young family amidst this period of great uncertainty. Locho, his wife Yama,
and their infant daughter, nicknamed Jiatomah (“pale chubby girl”), spend the summer months
in eastern Tibet’s Zachukha grasslands, an area known as Wu-Zui or “5-Most,”
the highest, coldest, poorest, largest, and most remote county in Sichuan Province, China.

The story of a family at a crossroads, Summer Pasture takes place at a critical time in Locho and Yama’s lives,
as they question their future as nomads. With their pastoral traditions confronting rapid modernization,
Locho and Yama must reconcile the challenges that threaten to drastically reshape their existence.

Premiering Thursday, May 10th, with additional air dates depending upon area.

Some very special video extras of the family will be posted on the PBS blog immediately following the broadcast!

Beginning May 11th, the film will stream for free from the Independent Lens website for 1 week.
Click here to see it on the PBS video page.

The film is available for rent and download on iTunes.

summerpasturefilm.com

You will be hard pressed to hear pair of artists who live and breathe hip hop to the extent that these two emcees do. Ken and Ngongull have sacrificed their homes, their lives–everything– for hip hop. Their persistence and desire to remain politically active and outspoken at all costs is synonymous with being devoted emcees. With their latest release Poetes Fyziks are giving new definition to the phrase “and ya don’t stop!”

Trenton and Free Radical is a musical partnership between Birch and writing collaborator Marco Wielander. They are best described as a reggae-infused Afro-beat band. Their songs have the energy and impact of anthems, their words pack meaning and their rhythms are ones you can’t help bopping to. We’ve been waiting for Giant Step for a few months now. So glad it’s finally out!

Watch them perform Mr Mandela Live at iBuyambo

www.trentonandfreeradical.com/

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