Sarabah:Tales from the Flipside of Paradise

Name: Sarabah:Tales from the Flipside of Paradise
Brand: Piranha (Indigo)
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Rebel Afropop Hip Hop from Dakar via Berlin. Sister Fa is Senegal s Queen of hip-hop. But to get there wasn t an easy road - as a woman trying to break through in an almost exclusively male field within a male-dominated society was a struggle. Struggle breeds compassion, and Sister Fa uses her international album debut Sarabah - Tales from the Flipside of Paradise to speak out against the injustices rampant in her native country. Warm, groovy and unmistakably African, her raps, in Wolof, Manding, Jola and French, roll elegantly over beats as well as traditional instruments (kora and djembe), delivering tracks far removed from rap clichés, and more influenced by 80s Old Skool hip-hop than current Western forms of hip-hop. For Sister Fa hip-hop is about raising awareness and denouncing the wrongs of life: When you re a musician, you re an ambassador - you are here to defend and help people, not just to make music for money. From the very beginning of her career, Sister Fa has dedicated herself to fight the wide-spread practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in her country. She has overcome hardships to become the best-known female rapper in Senegal and a role model for many young women. Tracks: Milyamba / Selebou Yoon / Amy Jotna / Sarabah / Hip Hop Rek / Soldat / Life Am / Poum Poum Paya / Hip Hop Yaw La Fal / Sister Fa La / Assoukatene / Bou Souba Si Ngone

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Release Date:: 2009-05-29
Publication Date:: 2009-05-29
Publisher:: Piranha (Indigo)
Languages:: Published: English
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 68 g
Height:: 12.6 cm
Width:: 14.2 cm
Thickness:: 0.6 cm

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