Who Knew Senegal Hosts One of the Largest Hip Hop Fests on the Continent?FESTA2H : International Festival of Hip-Hop and Urban Cultures Festival.
By Lamine Diop
The 14th edition was from June 18 to 22, 2019 at Douta Seck
Since 2006, Africulturban develop the biggest Hip Hop festival in Senegal. The Festival showcased talents from lots of countries: France, Belgium, Canada, Senegal, Mauritania, Brazil, Morocco, Gambia, Switzerland, Spain and Denmark.
The festival has mobilized more than 20,000 spectators and had made it possible for more than 150 groups to be familiarized with the Senegalese audience,
In the program we can note:
- Training workshops as part of the 14th edition of the festa2h: Computer Aided Music, Graphics, Dance (in collaboration with Kaay edition of the festa2h: Computer Aided Music, Graphics, Dance (in collaboration with Kaay Fecc).
Video, Photo, Deejaying, Slam-Conference with theme for the year 2019: How to build an industry around hip hop?
With Xuman, Keyti, Akala, Rotjoch, Fla-Battle of Deejay Mix Up-Flow Up 7th edition whose winner of the year 2019 is the rapper Ndoobin who received a sum of 5,000,000 fcfa, a production of maxi (6titres), production of a video clip, participation in a showcase provided by Africulturban.
Indeed, The Flow Up, a springboard for Senegal's hip hop talent, aims to find, produce, broadcast and mentor talented young artists evolving in urban cultures, who suffer from a lack of recognition and visibility.
- 4 concerts : with the presence of international artists like Onyx, Yussoufa, Das EFX, and the talented rappeurs of Senegal.
Note that Senegal has long held the 3rd place in the world HipHop, behind France and the USA.
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Lamine Diop is a Senegalese Project Manager with The Made In Africa Project
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