USA Africa Dialogue Series - In The Congo

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From: Zavara Mponjika <ramaati@gmail.com>
To: Chambi Chachage <chambi78@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:49 PM
Subject: Fwd: In The Congo

Greetings.

This is Zavara, I am reaching out to share my recent work. In The Congo is a track I produced and I directed the video, The track features notable Rap activist Toni Blackman and her group Rhyme Like A Girl featuring  Afrosoul singer Nasambu from L.A.  Please distribute it around your network. I would love to have your feedback as well. The video is already selected to be screened at film festival in Malaysia next month. the official release is on May-30th (end of this month). for now share amongst your network for reviewing and discussion on the subject. Bless

Note: Video is in this vimeo link below, password is required, see the password below the link

https://vimeo.com/66858482

 Password is  ukwelikongo1

                In The Congo - Rhyme Like A Girl Feat Nasambu

"In the Congo", is the first major musical collaborative effort of its kind to raise awareness on what some are calling the third World War.  Calling for a new wave of Green Technology and Fair Trade Electronics, this music video highlights the main cause of rape and genocide in the Eastern Congo region as a desperate scramble for the minerals that power every cell phone and laptop.  Produced and directed by Tanzanian Hip Hop guru, Zavara Mponjika, the video features US Hip Hop Ambassador Toni Blackman's collective, Rhyme Like a Girl, alongside California based Kenyan Afro-Soul artist and founder of Activate Afrika, Nasambu. In times when the mainstream media rarely highlights issues of consequence, leaving many people in a state of ignorance, these artists have joined together across time, space, and geographical borders to express their views on this global war and human rights catastrophe that is urgently 

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Zavara Mponjika 

Zavara is a filmmaker (Music Videos/TV Ads/Shorts) and respected Tanzanian Hip-hop pioneer (The founder of Pioneer Hip Hop crew KwanzaUnit, the group credited with shaping BongoFlava, the popular East African genre and it's founding movement Bongo Hip Hop).  Both a skilled music producer and event producer: Founder and pioneer of the WAPI monthly festival Series in Dar Es Salaam and Zanzibar. Facilitated and launched the WAPI Lagos and WAPI Kampala. he successfully produced Channel O's Sprite Emcee Battle in Dar Es Salaam, Collaborated with the British Arts Council, UNICEF, Red Cross, Alliance Francaise, Goethe Institute and served as a consultant for Sauti za Busara, Toronto Film Festival, collaborated in Somali Sunrise Tour:  Guns Not Drums featuring K'NAAN and hip-hop artists like Shaggy, Dead Prez, and others.  He toured and shot the documentary for Diblo Dibala, legendary Congolese guitarist and founder of Soukous music. Filmed performance for Mbilia Bell in Toronto Canada, Zavara is currently working with Valerie Simpson of the legendary Ashford & Simpson and recently shot a live performance R&B superstar Freddie Jackson, videotaped and interviewed the superstar Michael Bolton's performance in New York's Sugar bar.  He is also directing, "360: The Cipher", a documentary on Toni Blackman's incredible work focusing on the collective energy of freestyle rap and spoken word.  He also works as her road manager and assists as a stage manager for 

Community Organizer, Professional Art Coordinator,
Film maker, Graphic Designer, Cartoon Animator,
Currently Working as a Freelance Videographer,Educator, Filmmaker in New York.
Reaserch Interest: Afrikan Ancient Historiography, Afrikan Diasporic Aesthetics and Mediated Cultures.

Twitter: @Rhymson
Face Book: Zavara Mponjika

"Tuko Sayari moja, tunaishi dunia mbalimbali
Maisha chemsha bongo, jaza mwenyewe."
Ra

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Community Organizer, Professional Art Coordinator,
Film maker, Graphic Designer, Cartoon Animator,
Currently Working as a Freelance Videographer,Educator, Filmmaker in New York.
Reaserch Interest: Afrikan Ancient Historiography, Afrikan Diasporic Aesthetics and Mediated Cultures.

Twitter: @Rhymson
Face Book: Zavara Mponjika

"Tuko Sayari moja, tunaishi dunia mbalimbali
Maisha chemsha bongo, jaza mwenyewe."
Ra