Archive for the ‘Somalia’ Category

7th Annual African Economic Forum (AEF) at Columbia University

7th Annual African Economic Forum (AEF) at Columbia University

The 2010 African Economic Forum, co-hosted by the graduate schools of Business, Law, and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, brought over 350 people together to discuss key issues facing the continent as 17 countries celebrate fifty years of independence and the entire continentlooks forward to the next fifty years. As is the case [...]

New Music: Knaan – Waving Flag (9ja mix) feat. Banky W & MI

New Music: Knaan – Waving Flag (9ja mix) feat. Banky W & MI

We’ve all heard Knaan’s waving flag, and the remix for Haiti. Waving Flag is the official world cup anthem, and so every country represented in the world cup will have their remix of the song. This is all sponsored by Coca-Cola. Naija’s mix features Banky W, and MI. Song is produced by Eldee. Check it [...]

Knaan Single “Waving Flag” chosen as World Cup 2010 Theme Song

Knaan Single “Waving Flag” chosen as World Cup 2010 Theme Song

In the grand tradition of music for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a song with international appeal has been chosen to represent the world’s most popular sports competition. K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag: The Celebration Mix” will be featured as the official song for the 2010 World Cup, which begins in South Africa on June 11th. Officials [...]

T.I.A – K’naan (Video)

T.I.A – K’naan (Video)

Nice video from K’naan. T.I.A an acronym for “This Is Africa” is definitely a hot song putting Africa on the global hip-hop map. Check it out, and leave your thoughts and comments.

More to the story than is told – Somali Pirates

More to the story than is told – Somali Pirates

There’s always a different perspective to every story. So depending on who’s telling the story one would probably get a biased story or an incomplete story. When the somali pirate issue became a US problem (it had been a problem for everyone else for a while), I remember thinking to myself  – These pirates just [...]