Oktober ist Black History Month in Großbritannien, Irland und Kanada. Mit The Healer Hip Hop möchte ich dazu beitragen, Wissen über afrikanische Geschichte und aktuelle Herausforderungen zu teilen.

Der Deutsch-Kenianer Boqor Bantu postet regelmäßig auf IG und Facebook über afrikanische Geschichte postet. Ihn bat ich mit mir über die Geschichte Afrikas zu sprechen.

Im Interview teilt Boqor Bantu mit uns, wie es zur Entstehung seines Accounts kam. Ihm ist es wichtig, über die Geschichte Afrikas zu schreiben, damit die Menschen der Afrikanischen Diaspora nicht den Bezug zum Kontinent verlieren. Vor allem kritisiert er die eurozentrische Sicht in Forschung und Lehre zur Geschichte Afrikas. Die Geschichte beginnt oft erst mit der Kolonialzeit.

Folgt ihm  auf Instagram um mehr über die Geschichte Afrikas zu erfahren.

Update: Boqors Arbeit ist so wertvoll und das Gespräch so kurzweilig und informativ. In Folge 23 habe ich ihn gleich nochmal eingeladen um mit ihm speziell über deutsch-afrikanische Geschichte zu sprechen.

GiwHa is a quite diverse artist: he is a singer, songwriter, DJ, producer and plays the Piano, bass, drum machine, percussions and a little bit of Sax all by himself.

Born in Nigeria, and raised in Brighton, UK, he grew up listening to a lot of music at home, such as Fela Kuti, Billy Ocean, Marvin Gaye and always played music in church where his mom would sing.

He studied engineering at university, which was more of a back up plan than his true passion. However, this has prepared him for the technical side of music so that it came easy for him to produce music....

Find out more about GiwHa on Instagram.

The first song I heard of Aaron Taylor is his song "Blue", which to me sounds like part 2 to D'Angelo's classic "Untitled (How does it feel)" - and I instantly fell in love with Aaron's music. In the interview I talked with him about his love for music, his way into music and what made him start as a producer first, despite his obvious singing talent.

Admitting that he at first had self-esteem issues when it comes to music, the London-based producer and Soul singer finally started to sing his own songs and put them on SoundCloud. The response to it was great and he's now published two EP's and two Singles so far, and has just completed his first European Tour.

In the Interview you''ll also get to listen to two of his songs, "Blue", and "Be Alright" - so just tune in, and lay back and let The Healer Hip Hop take over.

More about Aaron Taylor on his Website.

MBA steht für be in Motion, feel Better, stay Authentic. Dany ist Fitness- und Personaltrainerin, Choreografin und Hip Hop Tänzerin und lebt selbst nach ihrer Devise immer in Bewegung zu sein, sich besser zu fühlen und vor allem authentisch zu bleiben. Man sieht sie auf Facebook und Instagram überall und bei jedem Wetter beim Workout: im Wald, im Park, im Zug, zu Hause auf Putzlappen! Und immer mit dabei: gute Musik.

Seit über zehn Jahren arbeitet sie auch regelmäßig als Trainerin für die 2006 in Köln von Daniela Rodriguez Romero initiierte Workshop-Reihe Ladies Dance für junge Frauen. Ich habe Dany im September 2017 am letzten Tag des daraus entstandenen Ladies Dance Foundation Camp besucht.

Wie dieses Camp nicht nur die Dance Skills der Frauen in verschiedenen Bereichen wie  Breakdance, Popping, Boogaloo, Locking, House, Vogueing, Ragga Dancehall und Krumping verbessert, sondern auch das Selbstbewusstsein enorm stärkt, konnte ich bei meinem Interview mit Dany live erleben.

Ich war am letzten Tag des Camps mit dabei und war überwältigt von dem Gemeinschaftsgefühl was dort in so kurzer Zeit unter Teilnehmern und Trainern entstanden ist. Hört rein und lasst euch selbst überzeugen!

Wer sich selber dort anmelden möchte, meldet sich am besten direkt bei Ladies Dance. Dort findet ihr auch weitere Videos von den Camps.

TB Honest is a rapper from Texas. His music is smooth andlaid back like 90s hip hop and all about positivity. Just like his name suggests, TB Honest gets very candid about his life story. For example, making music has become a form of therapy for him in dealing with ADHD and other struggles.

TB Honest feels that he has learnt more from books and life itself than from school. In the interview, we talked about his ways into rap music and the plans he has for the future.

Find out more about TB Honest on his Youtube Channel

Elliott Rae wears many hats: Business & Change Manager, Musician, Writer, and Creator of the Blog Music Football Fatherhood (MFF). Elliott is also a devoted husband and father. What has almost become a "normal" to many women, has now become a relatively new questions to many men:

Elliott didn't feel represented in the picture of engaged parents: a young, married, professional, black father. So he created a community where fathers get to share their stories, experiences and worries about fatherhood, but also just talk about their hobbies (Hip Hop) Music and Football.

In this episode, we talk about the birth of his daughter and what made him found MFF.

For more go to MFF on Instagram

Shownotes:

Soneni Soul Music (lovely!!)

My favorite German rap song by Megaloh feat. Musa, who I interviewed in Epsiode #04

Update:  I eventually became a member of the MFF team and am their Editor. I've written two articles for MFF. In 2021, MFF published their first book: DAD

LaMont is currently filming Bay Area Rap Comedy "16 Bars the Movie", featuring artists E-40, Freeway Ricky, Michael Blackson and my dear friend and amazing singer Monique Marie.

LaMont has dreamt of making movies since when he was a small kid. To him movies are an imitation of life. However, LaMont didn't make his dreams and ideas come to reality until after he had survived cancer 6 years ago. I talked with him about this very hard time in his life and how this experience made him appreciate life more and reach his own full potential!

You find more information on LaMont Attwood on Instagram.

The Robbery Scene we mentioned

I first noticed Langa on Instagram singing Sunday Blues on UCT Live room  and fell instantly in love with his voice.Langa Mavuso's music is influenced by the sounds of Frank Ocean, Kwabs, Solange, Donny Hathaway, Luther Vandross, Marvin Gaye but also the sounds of his home South Africa.

Born and raised in Johannesburg, he was surrounded by music from an early age and he knew very early on that singing was what he was going to do in this life. I spoke with him about his upbringing, about the music scene in South Africa and his vision of providing musical education and workshops for all children in South Africa.

I asked Langa if I can share some of his songs with you, so today's epsiode is full of beautiful soul music!

Follow Langa on Instagram

Also I want to give a shoutout to my friend Melly who did today's intro! She's also a fan of Langa's, so she was the perfect fit. Say hi to her on Instagram.  Thank you Melly!

Sina Paries unterhält sich heute mit mir über die heilende Wirkung von Musik und wie Musik sie ein Leben lang auf ihrer Reise zu sich selbst begleitet hat, ob durch Ballet, Ecstatic Dance oder einfach über die Kopfhörer direkt in ihr Herz.

Sie erzählt uns außerdem von ihrem aufregenden letzten Jahr, das sie regelmäßig auf ihrem Podcast "Girl meets Business" dokumentiert hat.

Mehr zu Sina findest du auf ihrer Webseite.

Monique Marie, actress, songwriter and singer from the Bay Area shows her AMAZING voice welcoming you to today's show. Monique has experienced her own share of ups and downs in life, which she openly sings about in her song "Land of the Living". 

I asked her about how she overcame hard times - being homeless, witnessing her mother's struggles as a young single mother, loving a man with addiction - finding strenght  and encouragement in Psalm 91 and therapy in music. Monique is currently working on her own album and playing MeShay in the Rap Comedy "16 Bars the Movie". 

You find Monique on

Instagram

Facebook  

Itunes

Update: in 2020, Monique founded 'The face behind the brand' podcast and invited me for an interview.