Podcasts about mijikenda

In this first of two special episodes, we hear from disciple-makers in India and Africa who are using the Discovery Bible Study (DBS) to spark movements of obedience-based discipleship in their regions.

Embark on an extraordinary journey tracing the captivating migration story of the Mijikenda people. From their ancestral roots in the heart of East Africa to the coastal regions of Kenya, follow the footsteps of this culturally diverse and resilient community. Discover the traditions, legends, and the unique blend of nine distinct ethnic groups that form the Mijikenda.

Karibu katika Makala Changu chako changu Jumapili ya leo ambapo tunazungumzia hasa kuhusu siku kuu ya mUziki ya Juni 21, na msanii Katoi wa Tabaka  na kwenye le parler francophone tutazungumzia kuhusu tole la nne la kuheshimlisha wanamuziki wa Bongo Fleva linaloandaliwa na Alliance francaise ya Dar es salaam, na kwenye Muziki nitakiuletea muziki wa Kataoi wa Tabaka and the Mujikenda Jazz Band mimi naitwa Ali Bilali Bienvenue et bon reveil matinale.

Edna Dhababu mwenye umri wa miaka 27, mkazi wa Rabai katika Kaunti ya Kilifi ni mfanyabiashara anyejihusisha na uuzaji wa mavazi ya utamaduni wa Jamii ya Mijikenda. Si hilo tu, Dhahabu pia hukodisha mavazi hayo kwa wateja ambao huwa na hafla mbalimbali zikiwamo za ukumbusho wa kuzaliwa na harusi. Mwanahabari wetu Robert Menza ametangamana naye na kufanya mahojiano ya moja kwa moja.

Enjoy this lovely giriama song by confuser jay

Welcome to a special episode of Afro Historyscapes. In an interview hosted by Sherry Davis, a musician, filmmaker and community researcher, we spotlight the incredible work of Phillip Jimbi Katana, an archaeologist and heritage conservationist who has led the excavation and restoration of several monuments along the Kenyan coast. His prolific career has included spearheading a campaign to return the sacred Vigango artefacts back to the local Mijikenda community and converting the abandoned British East Africa Protectorate HQ into a museum. Read the transcript: https://cms.thehorniman.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Sherry-Special-Episode-Transcript.docx See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

When Swiss beatmaker FlexFab was doing a set in the coastal town of Kilifi, Kenya, a young Kenyan rapper Ziller Bas grabbed the mike and delivered his "Swengflow". The chemistry was immediate and six months later the two artists are set to release their debut EP Mugogo! A dancefloor must. Pablo Fernandez, who's been working under the moniker FlexFab for a decade or so, likes to work outside his comfort zone. He's lent his beatmaking skills to Kenya's Muthoni Drummer Queen, Batuk from South Africa, rapper Rozzma from Egypt, Malaysian singer The Venopian Solitude... In August 2019,  a Swiss music non-profit, Flee, invited him to East Africa for a series of exchanges with local musicians. During a gig in Kilifi, some 70kms north of Mombasa, Baraka Shujaa, an MC going under the name Ziller Bas couldn't resist joining in.  "The beats were so good, I was so excited I had to jump in," the 25-year old rapper said on the line from Kilifi. "This freestyle session with Ziller Bas was magic, the kind of moment that only happens a few times in your life," FlexFab said. He found a way to return to Kilifi in January this year with a mobile studio. In just two weeks they recorded 14 tracks, a documentary about their story and three videos.  Their EP Mugogo part 1 has four tracks for hot club nights. Ziller Bas lays down his vocals in his very own Swengflow: a mix of Swahili, English and his native Giriama. The title track Mugogo has a hypnotic beat, with traditional percussion from shakers known locally as kayamba which Flexfab recorded live when doing the final mix. "I didn't sample music, all the songs are original," he said. "There's some synthesizer, a lot of electronic things but a big part of the job I did at the end of the project was to add some live percussion." "Mugogo means great, like the king, someone magical, noble, with dignity," Ziller Bas explained. "It's derived from a leader here in Mijikenda called Karissa Maita." Maita was a former tourism minister and an MP from Mombasa's kisauni area known affectionately as "Mugogo, wa pwani": Mijikenda for "Big Man of the Coast". He was a popular politician who defended the interests of coastal peoples, encouraging them to speak out about the politics of exclusion. The track Sawa Sawa means OK in Swahili: an upbeat, positive song "about feeling good," Ziller Bas said. Vituko meanwhile is "very poetic and more political. It talks about challenges in the hood, in the ghetto here, how people live. It's giving people hope, talking about difficulties and telling them they shouldn't give up." Due to the coronavirus the duo are releasing this first EP with four rather than the initial seven tracks and Mugogo part 2 should be out in the Autumn. "When the crisis is over I hope Ziller Bas can come to Europe to do festivals with me and spread the project live. It has to be live, to be enjoyed with the people." Mugogo part 1 is out on 12 June. Purchase it here. Follow FlexFab and Ziller Bas on facebook  

When Swiss beatmaker FlexFab was doing a set in the coastal town of Kilifi, Kenya, a young Kenyan rapper Ziller Bas grabbed the mike and delivered his "Swengflow". The chemistry was immediate and six months later the two artists are set to release their debut EP Mugogo! A dancefloor must. Pablo Fernandez, who's been working under the moniker FlexFab for a decade or so, likes to work outside his comfort zone. He's lent his beatmaking skills to Kenya's Muthoni Drummer Queen, Batuk from South Africa, rapper Rozzma from Egypt, Malaysian singer The Venopian Solitude... In August 2019,  a Swiss music non-profit, Flee, invited him to East Africa for a series of exchanges with local musicians. During a gig in Kilifi, some 70kms north of Mombasa, Baraka Shujaa, an MC going under the name Ziller Bas couldn't resist joining in.  "The beats were so good, I was so excited I had to jump in," the 25-year old rapper said on the line from Kilifi. "This freestyle session with Ziller Bas was magic, the kind of moment that only happens a few times in your life," FlexFab said. He found a way to return to Kilifi in January this year with a mobile studio. In just two weeks they recorded 14 tracks, a documentary about their story and three videos.  Their EP Mugogo part 1 has four tracks for hot club nights. Ziller Bas lays down his vocals in his very own Swengflow: a mix of Swahili, English and his native Giriama. The title track Mugogo has a hypnotic beat, with traditional percussion from shakers known locally as kayamba which Flexfab recorded live when doing the final mix. "I didn't sample music, all the songs are original," he said. "There's some synthesizer, a lot of electronic things but a big part of the job I did at the end of the project was to add some live percussion." "Mugogo means great, like the king, someone magical, noble, with dignity," Ziller Bas explained. "It's derived from a leader here in Mijikenda called Karissa Maita." Maita was a former tourism minister and an MP from Mombasa's kisauni area known affectionately as "Mugogo, wa pwani": Mijikenda for "Big Man of the Coast". He was a popular politician who defended the interests of coastal peoples, encouraging them to speak out about the politics of exclusion. The track Sawa Sawa means OK in Swahili: an upbeat, positive song "about feeling good," Ziller Bas said. Vituko meanwhile is "very poetic and more political. It talks about challenges in the hood, in the ghetto here, how people live. It's giving people hope, talking about difficulties and telling them they shouldn't give up." Due to the coronavirus the duo are releasing this first EP with four rather than the initial seven tracks and Mugogo part 2 should be out in the Autumn. "When the crisis is over I hope Ziller Bas can come to Europe to do festivals with me and spread the project live. It has to be live, to be enjoyed with the people." Mugogo part 1 is out on 12 June. Purchase it here. Follow FlexFab and Ziller Bas on facebook  

Unicef announced a new partnership with Airtel Africa aimed at providing children with access to remote learning and enabling access to cash assistance for their families via mobile cash transfers. Under this partnership, Unicef and Airtel will use mobile technology to benefit an estimated 133 million school-age children currently affected by school closures in thirteen countries across sub-Saharan Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic.  https://www.totaltele.com/505970/UNICEF-joins-with-Airtel-to-facilitate-remote-education-in-AfricaIntroducing Africa's Biggest Digital Classroom to Bring It All Together! This is perhaps the most ambitious move yet building Africa's Biggest Digital classroom . This Digital Classroom is being designed to respond to the challenges of widespread education exclusion, low Financial Literacy rates on the continent, vastly uneven teacher-to-learner ratios, as well as accessibility to physical and financial resources that continue to hamper the success of the delivery of Education on the continent today, and into the future. https://www.cnbcafrica.com/brandcom/2020/05/21/building-africas-biggest-digital-classroom/ The 255 pyramids found today in Sudan are nearly twice the number scattered across the Egypt. According to various accounts, in Egypt the number of the pyramids totals between 118 and 138. the Kushite king, Piankhi, overthrew the 24th Dynasty and united the entire Nile valley, all the way from the delta to the city of Napata, during his reign. Piankhi, as well as his descendants, ruled as the pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty. The Napatan domination of Egypt would last until the Assyrian conquest of Egypt in 656 BC. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/18/sudan-pyramids/Some of Africa's biggest music stars are lined up to perform at a 2-hour long virtual concert on Monday to celebrate Africa Day. Actor and musician, Idris Elba is hosting the concert titled 'Africa Day Benefit Concert at Home' through a partnership with music channel, MTV Base Africa, and YouTube. The concert will feature performances from music acts like Benin's Angelique Kidjo, Kenya's Sauti Sol, South Africa's Sho Madjozi, and Nigeria's Burna Boy. South African comedian Trevor Noah, reigning Miss Universe, Zozibini Tunzi, and rapper Sean Paul are also part of the concert's  https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/21/africa/idris-elba-africa-day-concert/index.html  to watch the concert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kWNB6f9DMAfrican Community of the PodcastDigo people. The Digo are an ethnic and linguistic group based near the Indian Ocean coast between Mombasa in southern Kenya and Tanga in northern Tanzania. ... They are part of the greater Mijikenda ethnic group of people which contains nine smaller groups or tribes, including the Duruma, Giriama, and other https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-digo-community-of-kenya-national-museums-of-kenya/MAKyyu0nfiQxIg?hl=en Podcast produced and podcasted viahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelonyango/    

Dr. Jonathan Ferrier, an Anishnaabe ethnobotanist joins us to talk about post-genocide ethnobotany, what plants and the Indigenous Knowledge about them can teach us about how to survive. Dr. Ferrier has done research among the Mijikenda people in Kenya, the K'iche' Maya in Belize, and the Lukomir highlanders in Bosnia. His Anishnaabe roots inform his academic view and the importance of relationship when developing knowledge.

Edition 5 of the Singing Wells podcast is here – with a bit of a catch up on the latest news from the past 12 months of the Singing Wells project. Click here to download Podcast 5

Edition 4 of the Singing Wells podcast tells the story of Ketebul Music and their founder Tabu Osusa. Click here to download podcast 4.

In the second edition of the Singing Wells podcast, we look at the continuing story, including the story of how the name came about. We also hear about how the concept of the ‘Magic Moment’ was born.   Click here to download the podcast: Singing Wells podcast #2

The first Singing Wells podcast tells the story of the beginnings of the Singing Wells project!   Click here to download the: Singing Wells podcast #1

Here is podcast number 3. In this podcast, we look at the development of Abubilla Music – one of the partners in The Singing Wells project – from initial idea, to music label. There are interviews with members of the SMCC, and music from the SMCC, Louise Calf, Gus Warriner, Tati Kalveks, Chris Kozlowski and...

The Mijikenda include nine Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in the Kaya forests of coastal Kenya. The identity of the Mijikenda is expressed through oral traditions and performing arts related to the sacred forests, which are also sources of valuable medicinal plants. These traditions and practices constitute their codes of ethics and governance systems, and include prayers, oath-taking, burial rites and charms, naming of the newly born, initiations, reconciliation, marriages and coronations. Kayas are fortified settlements whose cultural spaces are indispensable for the enactment of living traditions that underscore the identity, continuity and cohesion of the Mijikenda communities. The use of natural resources within the Kayas is regulated by traditional knowledge and practices that have contributed to the conservation of their biodiversity. The Kambi (Councils of Elders) acts as the custodians of these Kayas and the related cultural expressions. Today, Mijikenda communities are gradually abandoning the Kayas in favour of informal urban settlements. Due to pressure on land resources, urbanization and social transformations, the traditions and cultural practices associated to the Kaya settlements are fast diminishing, posing great danger to the social fabric and cohesiveness of the Mijikenda communities who venerate and celebrate them as their identity and symbol of continuity.