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Monday, October 20th, 2008 | Celebration, Entertainment, Music Related Links | No Comments
Yeah exactly. That was my first question too; What the hell is hip hop education?
No! It’s not that latest infomercial on TV attempting to sell us an exercise video; its some hip hop movement exercise.
The Faculty of Hip Hop is a non-profit organisation based in Cape Town that uses hip hop culture as a tool for youth upliftment and promoting sustainable development in various communities. This organisation that started back in 2003 has been doing positive works in the community for only just five years; Five years and has just registered the organisation under section 21 of the Companies Act 71 of 1973 as a company for public benefit, in youth upliftment and development in a social, artistic and community context. *Applaud* Now registered under Hip Hop Education SA (HHESA).
Pictures of the Faculty of Hip Hop on Flickr.
There is some video footage I found on You Tube showing you the type of work done by this organisation. Truly inspiring view. This works in collaboration with Concious Connectionz. In these videos you will learn how the youth open up to these leaders and talk about HIV/AIDS, Substance abuse etc. I quote from one the kids saying: In class the teacher preaches to us and we don’t get a chance to be heard, but with Eazy and Azuhl, we are split up into groups and then we all have a chance to say our say.
I was invited to their launch event held at Artscape on Thursday 16 October 2008. Before this launch, all I knew about this organisation was the fact that they ran the DJ Workshop at Artscape; I took pictures and this can be found on Flickr. Now that I attended the launch, i learned that they are usually invited to schools to talk to the youth to educate them on particular problem areas within that school.
As I am employed at an academic institution, I was really amused to learn how they came up with the name ‘Faculty of Hip Hop‘ so here it goes: As they used to run the hip hop show at UCT Radio, they saw Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering and so they also felt like being a Faculty.
Other organisations and people that supported the launch and gave a short speech included: Each One Teach One , Adam Haupt , Concious Connectionz . These people are all supporting the same or similar cause throughout the world including Germany and the USA.
So now that they are officially registered to serve the public, you are most likely to hear alot more of them and their works in future. Well done to you guys Tyrone, Ricardo, Richard, and the guys from Concious Connectionz Akio and Stephen and Anna and crew from EOTO.
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 | Personal, Rants | No Comments
I actually don’t like this public holiday I am supposed to be having today. Yes thats a harsh statement but couldn’t they have made it tomorrow instead? Its like broke week i.e. the last week in fact day of my month before I get paid. Its like that week where you find entertainment within the four walls of your bedroom, your diet consists of none other than wholewheat bread and peanut butter and a glass of ice water to go with that.
Then you see all these ads out there for party this and party that then I wonder, am I the only broke person out there? Is everyone not saving and using all their salary? Are people just lucky to have rich parents and still be living off them and therefore have their salaries to themselves? Like seriously, where is everyone getting money at this time of the month?
I’m not starved yet but i do wish I had a little more to play with – the rising increases in the prices of food in Cape Town (thats all I can speak for) is making us all suffer – well me suffer! I am a vegetarian and one would think that its cheaper to not eat meat… I have news for you.
Vegetarians wanna eat organic vegetables that I think could cost more than Woolworths these days. Its not cheap to manually milk a cows teat you know. Its not cheap to water the garden on your own with a hose pipe and throw old vegetable skins over your growing veg. Organic foods are just way too expensive around here.
For thos who eat soya products like Frys , I am beginning to wonder if its soya in there or real meat? I remember paying around R17 for the veggie hot dogs and I think the price now between R19 and R22.
I have to eat food, so i will naturally fork out the cost to cover it regardless. Honestly, how does some people afford to get overweight? Okay okay I might have just opened up a whole other can of worms there but still – I am referring to affording as in cost here and don’t even think that there are other factors that come to the fall here cause I went through shit but never allowed my shit to gain hold of my weight. So still I ask that question “how does some people afford to get overweight?”
I think at this rate, its going to be cheaper for me just to just stay home, work from home, have no friends, no family, no car, no phone and just eat and pay for electricity, water, rent. No DSTV just internet maybe. No land line just a cellphone? Yaw!
Anyways…just another bitch session courtesy of yours truly…tomorrow is pay day and then cycle leading towards broke-ness starts again… peace!
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