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International Hip-Hop Comes Alive: Nomadic Wax Records set to release Volume 2 of “Diaspora: A Global Mixtape Movement”
Following the critical success of Diaspora Mixtape Volume 1, Nomadic Wax Records is proud to announce the release of a second installment in the series. With unparalleled levels of innovation, Nomadic Wax’s second Diaspora Mixtape is something the global urban media market has never encountered. Nomadic Wax presents a broad variety of front line urban music from around the world, representing the genre’s growing presence in mainstream culture as well as its new stand alone capacity as a form of social and economic development.
Tracklist:
1. Intro - DJ Boo (NYC)
2. Metric Man – Trinidad-Tobago/NYC
3. Rafiya – Congo/Philadelphia
4. Hired Gun – NYC
5. Shokanti – Cape Verde/Boston
6. Alex Antonov – Italy
7. Amkoullel + Ramsès - Mali
8. Outspoken – Zimbabwe
9. Mr. Reo – Haiti/NYC
10. Final Outlaw – NYC
11. Delaceiba – Honduras/NYC
12. G.O. Mantrazik – Tunisia
13. This Side Up – Ireland
14. Zero Plastica – Italy
15. Legijata – Macedonia
16. Infinite – New Jersey
17. Mimi Lalibella – Uganda/NYC
18. Senor Igor – France
19. Trenton – South Africa/UK
20. KTD – Senegal
21. Mohammed Yahya – Mozambique/UK
22. Siak De Illuminate – Argentina
23. Quadraphonik – Morocco
24. Poetes Fyziks – Gabon/Burkina Faso
25. Daddy Jeff – Euskadi
26. Entroterra Roots – Italy
27. Stichiz – Haiti
28. Baf Diguess – Burkina Faso
29. LMNZ – Germany
30. Grandmaster Chu – China/USA
31. Wes Chen – China
32. Cambio – California
33. Aivan – Sapmi/Norway
34. 7th Mic – Burkina Faso/Canada
35. Monza – Mauritania
36. Marcianos Crew – Argentina
37. Yao Bobby (Djanta Kan) – Togo
38. Njimole – Nigeria/New Jersey
39. Contra Las Cuerdas - Uruguay
40. Illard Scott – NYC
41. Outro - DJ Boo (NYC)
Marketers, Agencies Eye Booming Africa for Expansion
The world’s second-largest continent is no longer the “next big thing” — Africa has arrived.
It’s a huge and compelling market, three times the size of China, home to six out of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies, according to The Economist, and home to a billion people, 40% of who are under the age of 50, half of who have a mobile phone and 40% who are living in urban areas.
KFC, Walmart, Nestle, Danone and India’s Bharti Airtel telecoms are among the companies taking African expansion seriously.
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ST2011 is a killer negative perception that infects those with low knowledge, making them so scared they discriminate against people who are different. Stigma is now targeting people living with HIV….
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Why Nairobi is exploding as the tech hub of East Africa [Interview with Erik Hersman]
RT @geoplace: TNW on why Nairobi is exploding as the tech hub of East Africa via @JessicaColaco
