
Africa Action & Foreign Policy In Focus Present:
A Lunch Time Briefing with Emile YX - hip hop artist-activist from Cape Town’s Heal the Hood Hip Hop Youth Project
When:
Friday, July 23, 2010
11:30am - 2:00pm
Where:
Institute for Policy Studies
1112 16th St. NW, Suite 600,
Washington DC 20036
To RSVP, e-mail outreach@africaaction.org
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Emile YX is with a delegation from South Africa consisting of both himself and Angelo. The duo will team with DC-based hip hop artists Kokayi and DJ RBI to create a performance piece which will be performed, recorded and filmed during the visit. Their performance piece will explore contemporary history of youth, politics and hip hop in both Cape Town and DC.
The South African artists will also participate in a series of educational events IN the DC and Baltimore area. These events will allow the foreign and local artists to share experiences in working with youth from diverse communities. The first of these will be a screening of Emile YX’s “From B-Boys to Being Men”, a documentary film about how hip hop is being used for social development and community empowerment in South Africa tracing back to the pioneering b-boys of the 1980s. The film will be screened at Busboys & Poets on July 21st and Sankofa on July 25th.
The delegation is sponsored by The Artist International Exchange Program with support from Nomadic Wax, DC Commission for the Arts & Humanities, MageeFilms, Heal the Hood, Africa Action, Black Noise, Busboys & Poets, Sankofa, Bloom Bars, Hillyer Art Space, DCrap, One VS. Many, World Hip Hop Market, Fusicology and V.O.I.C.E.S.
Throughout their visit, the South African artists will be meeting with NGOs and think tanks based in the DC area. In this capacity the SA Artists serve as active diplomats to urban youth culture and issues surrounding peacebuilding, human rights, youth empowerment and hip hop culture.
About Nomadic Wax – Nomadic Wax is a fair-trade international record label and production company dedicated to producing and promoting global urban music and media. For more information visit: www.nomadicwax.com.