Black power and ‘edutainment’: The political roots of hip-hop music
From the United States to the Global South, the genre has gained broad appeal by casting a spotlight on social ills.
From the United States to the Global South, the genre has gained broad appeal by casting a spotlight on social ills.
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This week, the United Nations pleaded for more aid to Sudan, after nearly 10 months of war. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield is working to draw more attention to the crisis there.
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Enlarge this image26-year-old Zainab Sankoh in a shack at the Kingtom dump site in Freetown, Sierra Leone. A self-described “hustler,” Sankoh used to send money home to support her family and her young daughter in a village in the south of the country. Now, she spends almost all her money on kush. “My life is miserable” said Sankoh. “This is not the Zainab I used to be.”
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26-year-old Zainab Sankoh in a shack at the Kingtom dump site in Freetown, Sierra Leone. A self-described “hustler,” Sankoh used to send money home to support her family and her young daughter in a village in the south of the country. Now, she spends almost all her money on kush. “My life is miserable” said Sankoh. “This is not the Zainab I used to be.”
Tommy Trenchard for NPR
It’s barely 9 a.m. but the cramped alleyways of Kaduna in the western end of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, are already pack..
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Kyrgyzstan Court Orders News Site Shut Down
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As Primary Looms, Haley Challenges Trump in Her Home of South Carolina
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign visit in Newberry, South Carolina, Feb. 10, 2024.