A new golden age of african culture has dawned even in hollywood black panther was the highest grossing film in the u. S. In 2018 and offered a challenge to western notions of africa and its history. Class cantor was nominated for 7 oscars and won 3 an extraordinary achievement for a superhero film that also features a black majority cast. A. Black panther was immensely popular with audiences around the world and launched a series of new cultural trends. Block to the movie there were viral videos of people dont seem to destruction bourse all stars have to go in america and in europe. Its a political wind out of what is for me its a revolution and after all revolution there is a generation that suddenly claiming its identity and identity that has always been there that they could not express in the past. Its. A renaissance of african pop culture is underway musicians from the continent and the African Diaspora are working together more closely than ever and storming the music charts. For example pop star beyonce travel to south africa to learn traditional choreography. The world feels like they need to know more about africa. Those other issues are being highlighted up out of africa and people dont see the light time to fun site of last week out. Both exist. With the good ol you maybe should read a little bit of false hope all these seek to prove what was said before but. So do show. That to them it does not share my belief that we see less said about lucy then after. Seeing the couple. African culture is an important part of everyday life in the french capital paris in the early 1980 s. He bought him a salon a student from senegal started producing records there he founded his own label called c. L. R. Walk his daughter into now heads the company she says siddharth has a lot in common with the legendary us label motown and i must say up the. Motown has such a rich history so i like to compare us with them. Thats a large has a rich history as well as weve been around for nearly 40 years. Though it all started with even human and the artists he produced. So yes i think you can draw a comparison between the 2 labels because they both have a very strong identity we. Are so big they are not above god the whole point with this. These are records from the 1970 s. And eightys the cover art for african albums has always been incredibly beautiful. The graphics for instance were amazingly creative going. Through. These album covers are part of our Cultural Heritage. But one todays Younger Generation needs to learn about that. Because all of the graphic designers. Africans. Were sitting in class system is after. The market you. Said im going to he must feel are they the foundations for the success of world music by producing records made by african artists before anyone had heard the term world music. He was the only serious producer of African Music at that time who could prevail alongside labels like Peter Gabriels real world record labels the real world from Peter Gabriel. Thank you through thank. You so much thank you thank theo. Thank. You so enjoy started his 1st band to 979 and his music soon became popular throughout africa. Back then his records were produced by people he must. Feel. Secure by less now thats the law i was part of the generation that reinvented him. In that. Era of traditional senegalese music so he choose to or senegalese drums. This music was originally played by people in rural areas and this was. The one who was on this studio for. In the 1970 s. Various musicians reintroduced the traditional instruments of this music especially the to mod runs. And they combined them or fused them with contemporary styles like funk and rock and i think you have. British musician and producer Peter Gabriel introduced you soon door and many other african stars to western audiences this was the beginning of the genre that became known as world music. No news in the world music is actually an artificial concept and a commercial concept it dates back to the 1980 s. When Peter Gabriel founded his real world label and opened the door to a number of musicians from africa and india. Gabriel wanted to break down geographical and ethnic barriers and present this urban electric music to a wider audience the click of the back but i think it. Will be in part about the same time high music from north africa also became popular in western europe. The urban league. They might be here area a. Music culture here. Is the music of algeria. Its also found in eastern morocco a new turn on the border with algeria and. Traditional algerian music that talks about the everyday problems of ordinary people. Screw the. Quotidian. As ride became more commercially successful it moved with the times. Out of a more of us suddenly there were no more violins guitars and pianos and i started using synthesizers and arab drums and thats how the rice style evolved was that i started this exhibit a good bit of it moved. To. Deliver. By me it seems i got into writing music early on people like great italian ian ashamed khalid then i tried rock for a while but i found that i enjoyed singing more and he should know. Who to finance our culture is shaped by our own heritage but i grew up between 2 worlds of course. The german moroccan singer and actor uni represents a multicultural trend in contemporary society. Interaction between various cultures and musical genres is common today but 30 years ago shep callate was criticised for adapting his music to western tastes. Since tuesday just so she deserved to do allow july. This year. Gone well no. You cant judge should judge your. Age. To look. Good but its. Not as conservative islam gained influence in algeria ronnies asians were threatened some were even murdered khaled moved to france in 1906 and found a new audience there for his music. And why the people like khalid or ship mommy shaped and influenced my music they taught me to see things differently my music. Was deval issues if your. Mom. Mom. Theres a large Migrant Community in france most of them are all jarius european. So when share credit or share my meal gave a concert in france the place was sold out. Of this plan but little by little more and more westerners discovered this music and many adored it something serious that music is an other as it was. Born in morocco is a star of the world music scene is a multi instrumentalist whose works with many different musicians including westerners take us is best known for his mastery of the traditional song of north african spiritual music called nala. Sick in the us it music this club the blues has the same mr is going now in music it was originally the music of slaves. When i heard John Lee Hooker for the 1st time i said hes a going our 2 are now a master of what you. Know. If you mix our music with western harmonies it creates something new and rich is the music and blues. Music and airborne to. Us and the munich jazz group. A prime example of intercultural cooperation. Cooperation of a different kind was the 985 effort to raise money to help famine victims in africa a group of western superstars recorded a single and donated the proceeds to charity. Their. Performances included Lionel Richie and stevie wonder. The song written by richey im. Michael jackson its called we are the world. I. Mean. I. I. I i i i. I i later that year many of the same singers perform the song at the live aid benefit concerts i. Know to be one of us and i think that some of those involved in these efforts have a mistaken view of africa. That africa. I. Feel forms you can do with a lot of media around the world just africas bad face the wars the famine and the problems so that its become the face of africa that all pleasure in different movies actually i. I i. I i can always go to the Police Concert certainly saved a lot of lives that it was quite an achievement. On both sides but africa was itself a passive recipient and was not represented on stage you have to be you know. There are a lot of these i believe you live on the 5th. Of the belt. The freemen i think the 1st step i certainly saw was. The release of a new. Mandela from prison and the collapse of South African apartheid was a historic turning point and not just for africa i. I. Think. Susan by directing the allies to mandelas contribution was to provide guidance on how to overcome the racist system of colonialism and apartheid was essentially an offshoot of the colonial system this is called in the eye he said the people should learn to interact with each other and forgive each other in the months to get in the mind of a number to keep. That in south africa began to deal with its apartheid heritage a new musical genre that got its start in new york was spreading around the world popped. A phenomenon that expanded beyond music to include other forms of artistic expression you can go to the beach what you get to see and. Hiphop was especially popular in africa. Over the you there because of it it. Was a sugar hill. Grandmaster flash. By dint of the smoke. Break dancing during the smurfs with the good dogs at school you know organized dance performances. Always had videotapes from europe or america people from senegal like to travel. If you can something starts in new york its a safe bet that itll turn up in dakar the same week that we were swept along by this wave and were still riding it today and the rest of. The. Legendary acts like you know what its its one day im seeing a. They wouldnt do that where they will fly to the existing system to space so there was just the small old going for little chris is space to to be 3. Goals in a city boy. When rap arrived in senegal it made sense to us that it was already in our d. N. A. Selfexpression through vocals backed by rhythm and many africans could identify with that. Hip hop became so popular in senegal because our traditional music is just like. Different percussion and rhythm but its one of the. Claiming while following the rhythm its the same technique as rapid. As in senegal was initially the center of african hip hop positive black soul had a massive influence. I can sort of black soul or p. B. S. For sure it was founded in 1989 but i did hey i want to be and im a jew but i think. They were among senegals 1st hip hop stars their music included political and social activist messages. Raskin import its because the people of senegal have the right to freedom of expression so young people started talking about what was going on at home and on the street journalists or musicians or didnt talk about these things but rap did was simply. To live up to. Live. In senegal face Youth Movement made a big contribution to the change of government into town. And young people have made the country more aware of social and political problems. And theyve done it through a very powerful media music. And especially hip. Hop. Like. In 2020 they played an even bigger roles that the president wanted a 3rd term which is forbidden by the constitution. You know 1st to try to change the electoral law groups including m 23. 00 and organized public protests against that proposal in a kind of insurrection so the president withdrew it. The senegal is the only country in the world where hip hop helped change the government. Thanks in large part to the influence of hip hop thus its now much more acceptable for people to criticize government officials like of one move in many african countries but not all but there are now more opportunities for public discussion of that. So now the ideas of the independence era and demands for more independence from the west are being seen in a new light. Gets tough the. Hip hop has helped to awaken the spirit of democracy in senegal people are much more willing to speak out against political leaders and the legacy of the postcolonial system. Did you know why the studio for portraits of black leaders whom he admires. The studio is named for thomas sometimes the charismatic former president of turkey now fassel. Was assassinated during a military coup in 1987 of. Me and positive black soul remain at the forefront of the african hip hop movement. Its impressive. When you tour africa you meet people everywhere who have exactly the same cultural codes its a universal culture and its huge in loam. And the other key figure in the african rap movement is made to the kings he was born in congo but his parents moved to paris when he was an infant he was part of an influential french hip hop collective called sexy. Cross your. Mom ok just. Say im a grandma easy the big easy oh. Those of us i think im a little bit older but you can. Be felt. But. Not this something they do see. One of the interesting thing about this group is that almost all of them are young people of african descent. Its gone from congo guinea or senegal. And mitra games was their musical visionary. Music that. Was. Like oh my god i. Was of the belief that. Most of bollywood. Has often been compared with the routing clam. We all come from paris and was a major employer. Is one of the few french speaking rappers whos worked with the english language artists for example sting and. His last 2 albums rose quickly to number one on the french charts. His story leads from kinshasa to paris to the heights of International Part of my. Days although i thought it would be interesting to highlight the exchanges that continue between african artists and africans in the diaspora. I wanted to do something coherent that would show the connection between these 2 groups. But i especially wanted to have a dialogue about rap and about a complex african identity it will be an african. One of the featured artists on a similar label is french rapper m. H. D. Hes developed a genre called afro travel which incorporates elements of west African Music and languages. And goes some. Contemporary african art has become quite popular in western europe over the past few years. A recent exhibition at the. Paris focused on artworks from congo. Paintings that depict scenes of the everyday life known as plan to. Attracted a lot of attention. To the axis put there for most of the artists of relayer worked in advertising and their paintings became well known through an exhibition that was held in kinshasa in 1900. 78 of these works were inspired by the lives of average people particularly City Residents who could. Then you hear. That you know that oh you know i think im down on the tech there works often in a great commentary texts that address issues of Congolese Society or politics. Make that seem easy this is the focus at the time the term panthera properly i didnt really exist these works were simply called naive for pictures for the un educated. In. African art has since conquered the global art market previously mostly found in ethnological museums the works began to reach a wider public in contemporary galleries including pen to work popularity these paintings often address social themes of congolese urban life and politics. Limitless you see this painting with mandela is called dignity for africa it shows mandela with obama. With obama suggesting that mandela is a good role model for african president s a lot of our leaders are still in power even though their mandate have expired. But mandela did the opposite the gauntlet is. Since the end of apartheid in the early 1990 s. South africa has played a key role in the development of african pop culture this includes the rise of electronic dance music. D. J. s played a lot of house music for some reason so what they used to do is to take the house records and slow them down but they dont. Then they would songful those houses so its a load each year and this produced their own beats the record of twice. The fun. Say quite a hit with arthur baffle curtis kaffir from 995 the song protesting the use of racist slurs captured the imagination of the post apartheid generation. So think so that it is just how did the connection with house music thats going back a long time and thats why you see do just what black coffee rising out from house music. Black coffee is one of south africas most popular d. J. s his concerts always draw crowds black coffee specializes in tribal vocal laced beats and played a key role in the development of african house music and 2012 his d. V. D. And triple cd called africa rising went double platinum in just one month. And. Black coffee do their fair calls that we do offer different people go out into the world it plants seeds of information to make that a mom like black coffee spook my tombo has stayed outside the musical mainstream he specializes in a digital plus route sounds that he calls township tech. And he hardly performs in south africa but it performing at the glastonbury and the 4 at huge festivals in europe. Disturbing images designed to shake feelers out of their complacency spook matam creates musical and visual landscapes that depict life as he sees it. We come from a pretty. Hard caressed. Violent history. Cultural imperialism. So all i use my work im autistic practice is a constant form of discovering culture and recreating every right. Culture that is just so for me i express my culture and my lack of culture in. South africa but much of the continent faces a number of Serious Problems including crime corruption and poverty. Its disgusting for some people talk too much and for some people to have enough it needs to be a level of balance from somewhere and its not. Its possible to slot a black and white figure. Out. The gap between rich and poor in south africa has led to social isolation. In group reinjured after wealthy people lock themselves up in their gated communities but building walls as a solution. People have to ask themselves whether this is the sort of society that they really want the recent good news are possible and that. The equitable distribution of wealth and Natural Resources is a problem that countries all around the world will have to deal with more and more. As there was also the question of justice in regard to art. A number of african states have demanded the return of indigenous african artworks looted by the colonial powers many of these works are now on display in museums. You rob people of their spirit. Well it is. It goes way beyond just stealing an object its spirituality a cult its the so the very essence of their humanity has been stolen and exhibited vulgarly in a museum museum. This theme even comes up in the hollywood blockbuster black panther. Good morning. How can i help here just check out these artifacts theyre beautiful. Or is this one for the bobo ashanti tribe present day gunna 1000 century or. What about this one. The. Ones from these are people if they need 16th century. Now tell me about this one. Also from the name 7th century. Tribe i believe