Written by Ms. Ey for 54Interviews. Jacques, popularly known as Jaak is a hip-hop artiste from South Africa. As he puts it, his name is an Afrikaansified (flattened) version of his birth name with graffiti cultural influences, in which a good tag name consists of five characters or less. Although he does not double in the
Mokoomba is back on the road again to promote their Their second album, Rising Tide. The album was released last August and by the end of 2012, they were featuring in the annual “Best of” lists in publications from the Guardian to fRoots, and went on to win Songlines magazine’s newcomer award. Mokoomba are being feted as Africa’s
In this episode our friends over at Afrik Lounge Radio spoke with the two sisters of the energetic Pop group called FAARROW, Iman and Siham Hashi. B0rn in Mogadishu (Somalia), fleeing their homes to escape civil war, their family relocated to Toronto, Canada as refugees. Set in times of low spirits and unfamiliar surroundings, the
Dear supporters, As you know we had remaining funds from artists that didn’t reach their target. Sauti Sol, Just a Band and Jaak got closest to reaching their target. We decided to do one last competition between these top three bands for the remaining funds on Africa Unsigned. You had the chance to decide who
