L-ness

KENYA NCHI YETU

Idioma: swahili

Traducciones: inglés (KENYA OUR COUNTRY), alemán (Kenya, unsa Land)

KENYA NCHI YETU

Peace, love na unity,
Hip hop mentality,
Amid all the prejudice,
Kuna vitu mob ziko positive,
Uliza Lupita na wakimbiaji
vile ikikam to kutoka teke,
Ni matrophy na mamedali
za ugoro kuzinyongolo,
Na Oliech? Katika futa,
tunawachobo,
Ni watu wetu wanasay katika fame,
Kwenye games ka rugby,
Kutoka kwa single party state
hadi multy-party state,
Sasa tuna new constitution,
Cole mob ni maCampo na maUni
yani ma higher learning institutions,
katika devolution, wamatha na
mayutman, wana representation,
utawapenda utawahate
but huwezi kuwanegate,
itabaki umepraco positive
Kenyanization of the mind.

L-ness

Foto © Mike Schmidt

* 10.07.1979, Nakuru, Kenia
Vive en: Nairobi, Kenia

L-ness, born in 1979 in Nakuru, Kenya, is the pseudonym of Lydia Owano Akwabi, also known as “Lioness” or “Madadadigital”, and is one of the most charismatic femcees of African Hip-Hop. She does not rap in Swahili or English, the two official languages of Kenya, but in Sheng, a hybrid language which developed in the slums of Nairobi and gradually became the lingua franca of the Underground there. The art of L-ness, well summed up as ‘Gal Power’, impresses with the directness and sheer energy and force of her delivery. For her, Hip Hop is an “international culture of consciousness” which possesses the unique power to bring together people of very different origins and education.
L-ness woerks as a radio presenter with VotuRadio Africa and together with the NGO Elimu Sanifu, organises Hip Hop workshops for disadvantaded schoolchiildren.

Foto © Mike Schmidt

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