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New African Disco

New African Disco

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Hipsters Don't Dance

Here's Hipsters Don’t Dance "Top World Carnival Tunes" for April 2015.

Dominik Mecko, via Unsplash.

Hipster’s Don’t Dance are back with our chart for April 2015. Enjoy this round of tunes, and remember to visit the HDD blog for all the great up-to-the-time-ness out of London. Also, visit the archive of this series.

Patoranking x Daniella Whine

VP Records’ history making dancehall stars cross-over is impressive, hopefully they will be able to do the same with Patoranking. This 90’s dancehall-esque video by Clarence Peters is really good.

Hagan x Gold Coast EP

We couldn’t choose which track to focus on, but Hagan is really putting together something special. Crafting a UK club sound with flourishes of African club music. Afrohouse is growing in the UK and hopefully this can help.

Joao Victor Alves de Bastos, via Unsplash.

Dotorado x African Scream

So the video for this potentially seminal track just dropped, but more importantly Annie Mac, the UK Queen of all music, had this playing on her show. Granted it was Benji’s B pick but still it’s the start of this great underground track getting UK exposure.

Major Notes x Nu African Disco

This month is leaning very house heavy, but we would be remiss to not mention this EP as well. After the amazing track 419 from last year Major Notes is back with a further exploration of “Nu African Disco”.

Shatta Wale x Reality

Granted this is very much a rip off Popcaan, but Shatta is gaining quite a bit of momentum at the moment so this could be the launch of something big. After the success of Patoranking, why not him next?

Further Reading

Not exactly at arm’s length

Despite South Africa’s ban on arms exports to Israel and its condemnation of Israel’s actions in Palestine, local arms companies continue to send weapons to Israel’s allies and its major arms suppliers.

Ruto’s Kenya

Since June’s anti-finance bill protests, dozens of people remain unaccounted for—a stark reminder of the Kenyan state’s long history of abductions and assassinations.

Between Harlem and home

African postcolonial cinema serves as a mirror, revealing the limits of escape—whether through migration or personal defiance—and exposing the tensions between dreams and reality.

The real Rwanda

The world is slowly opening its eyes to how Paul Kagame’s regime abuses human rights, suppresses dissent, and exploits neighboring countries.

In the shadow of Mondlane

After a historic election and on the eve of celebrating fifty years of independence, Mozambicans need to ask whether the values, symbols, and institutions created to give shape to “national unity” are still legitimate today.

À sombra de Mondlane

Depois de uma eleição histórica e em vésperas de celebrar os 50 anos de independência, os moçambicanos precisam de perguntar se os valores, símbolos e instituições criados para dar forma à “unidade nacional” ainda são legítimos hoje.