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Our friends at Nomadic Wax are in Senegal this month producing a unique documentary film, called 'African Underground: Democracy in Dakar', showing how local hip-hop is shaping the current Presidential Election. Each week they are sending back 5-10 minute video segments. This "real-time" documentary style allows for immediate discussion of music and politics in Senegal. Upon their return, these segments will be made into a full length documentary.
Episode 3, "Election Day", takes place on election day and follows the group Sen Kumpa as they head to the voting station in their neighborhood Medina in Dakar to vote. The episode continues in the immediate aftermath of the election, as people are sensing that Abdoulaye Wade may have won a slim majority in the election and avoided a run-off election. Sen Kumpa close this episode with their track "Niawal" Also featured are interviews with Sen Kumpa, Serigne Ndiaye, Matador (Wa BMG 44), Waa Complex Culture, and Leopold Senghor; as well as performances by: Matador, Sen Kumpa, Baat Sen, Waa Complex Culture, and Leopold Senghor.
To read more about this project, check out our Episode 1 post or our Episode 2 post. Each week we'll continue to feature a new segment from the documentary, so stay tuned.
Exclusive Release: The soundtrack to this documentary is drawn from the new album African Underground: Depths of Dakar, and is available exclusively on Calabash. So you can get the music as the film unfolds...
Listen To African Underground: Depths of Dakar
Contributed by: African Underground
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