AFRIKAN HIP HOP CARAVAN:An initiative of grassroots Hiphop Kollektives that crosses borders and celebrates inspirational radical Underground Hip Hop in six different countries!Please help fund this year's journey!2015 Tour Dates:November 10-13th DarkarNovember 14-17th AbidjanNovember 18-19th LomeNovember 20-24th ArushaNovember 30-Dec. 3rd KampalaDecember 4-7th HarareDecember 8-11th BulawayoDecember 12-15th Johnannesburg& Cape TownThe Afrikan Hiphop Caravan is an annual project run by various grassroots Hiphop Activist Networks spread across the African continent and diaspora to allow thousands of young people to experience Hiphop Culture at its' finest: as an elevating form of expression - a creative and revolutionary, counterforce to all forms of oppression.The idea of organizing regional Hiphop events and creating a network of like-minded artists, activists and collectives has been raised and discussed in different forms in several circles for a number of years. This particular initiative - The Afrikan Hip Hop Caravan has its roots in conversations amongst political arts collectives and activists at the 2011 World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal. In this meeting, as well as the ones that followed, it was recognized that there was a strong need for political arts collectives that are dedicated to Hiphop's original vision as the voice of the oppressed to interlink and organise to strengthen the conscious and political Hiphop movement on the continent. Mic Crenshaw , Lead U.S. Organizer of the Afrikan Hiphop Caravan will be expanding the U.S. Collective's participation this year to include Baqi Coles, a 17 year old poet, emcee, videographer, beatmaker and activist living in Portland Oregon and Alisha Francis, aka Alisha B, Hip Hop Radio personality from KGNU Denver as well as founder of the Girl Illa Movement:http://girlilla.wix.com/boy-ill-girl-illa. Alisha will join the Caravan in Harare!For more Pictures visit: http://afrikanhiphopcaravan.tumblr.comThe first Afrikan Hiphop Caravan took place from February to April 2013. The key organizing collectives of that year - Soundz of the South (South Africa), Uhuru Network (Zimbabwe) and Wasanii Mtaani (Kenya) - investigated, discussed and celebrated Hiphop, street art and urban youth culture for a week in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Harare, Nairobi and Tunis respectively.For more information please visit: http://hiphopcaravan.net/2014/ Or find us on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/AfrikanHiphopCaravan
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