H. Y. Rubanza

Subsistence Farmer of Thought. Plant the right seed in the right mind and watch.

[Good Morning America @GMA]

At least six U.S. service members have been killed and others critically wounded as the Pentagon orders additional troops to Iran in support of “Operation Epic Fury.” @IanPannell reports.

[VavagaaTanzania @VavagaaSoma]

Soma CEO Demere Kitunga met Stephen Hubbell from OSF and Jesse Mpango from Ajabuajabu today at Soma Book Cafe for a conversation around the historical Significance of Dar es salaam as a hub if ideas and home for critical thinkers and public intellectuals.

[David Kerr @DavidKerr_1]

Great to read this article on language and hip-hop in Tanzanian by @nafsi_okoa and @amartey_laryea in the special issue of @AfricaJacs edited by @kibona on language, identity and African hip-hop

https://t.co/NiukSVmnwe

[JACS_Africa @AfricaJacs]

Next up is "Language and Hip-Hop in Africa: A Tanzanian Perspective" by Hashim Rubanza @nafsi_okoa & Amartey Laryea:

https://t.co/hgEszsmofB

[JACS_Africa @AfricaJacs]

@nafsi_okoa Rubanza points out that whenever a Tanzanian Hip-Hop artist tries to rap in English, that artist will often be compared to a Hip-Hop artist from the US, and that exposes the flaws in that artist’s work.

[JACS_Africa @AfricaJacs]

@nafsi_okoa However, when a Tanzanian Hip-Hop artist domesticates Hip-Hop in a language like Swahili, that artist finds more of a connection between themselves & the people. There are many advantages to doing Hip-Hop in a African language, especially for African audiences, says @nafsi_okoa.

[JACS_Africa @AfricaJacs]

@nafsi_okoa Most African Hip-Hop artists are multilingual, while Hip-Hop artists in the global North are often unilingual. The Germans rap in German. The French rap in French. Rubanza asks rhetorically, so why can’t Africans rap in their African languages?

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

It’s wonderful working at the intersection of creative practice and scholarship @ace_national @DavidKerr_1 currently affording me the honor of being included in a chapter of the Handbook of African Popular Culture edited by @G_A_Musila .

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

I would like to thank @karenlauter and the African Studies Center - Copenhagen as a whole for the honor and pleasure I had sharing my findings on Tanzanian sound alongside @DavidKerr_1 & @PGSpecialAgent . That’s not to mention @kibona and the many others who tuned in. Thank you

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

@JulianCastro @KenoshaPolice Say this in the voice of Prodigy “There’s a War going on out there ...”

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

@mex_tz ...and that there is where it gets really interesting because any given audience perceives skills very differently. This is why that mumble stuff has a fan base even though almost all major orthodox heads denounce it. 👊🏿

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

@mex_tz So here’s the thing with bars. Bars consist of anything from word play to punchlines. If say the audience is a fan of punchlines , they would lean towards the artists who delivers more of that. See what I mean ?

[Msia Kibona Clark @kibona]

Just in time for fall: The first issue of the new Global Hip Hop Studies Journal is available for free download for a limited time only. https://t.co/cjDpezcngg

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

⁦Here’s to sound collaborations. @DavidKerr_1⁩ and I give you Sounding Tanzania in the studios of Dar es Salaam – David Kerr & Hashim Rubanza – Riffs. Enjoy! https://t.co/MwbaRVHPCu

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

@unserioussss ; but if they return to obedience, seek not against them Means (of annoyance): For Allah is Most High, great (above you all).

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

@unserioussss Therefore the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have them guard. As to those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (Next), refuse to share their beds,(And last) beat them (lightly)

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

@unserioussss And what is your take on Surah An Nisa 34 of the Holy Quran ? : Abdullah Yusuf Ali:

Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from their means.

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

@Kilpatkaepernik @dyllyp Well the same was said about racially inclined police brutality. And as a result people have had to die on camera for others to believe that its true . Wouldn’t it be better if people took the claim seriously only to find out it was not true than the contrary?

[H. Y. Rubanza @nafsi_okoa]

@KirstyStricklan 😂