November 8th, 2008
Child abuse is an act committed or omitted by any person, institution or process that violates or infringes on the rights of the child either physically, socially, emotionally, psychologically or economically.
Some forms of child abuse include
1. Social-cultural abuse
2. Neglect
3. Physical abuse
4. Sexual abuse
5. Child labour
Social-cultural abuse are those which are perpetrated under the cover of culture of community .some example of social cultural abuse include: early marriages, gender etc
Neglect is failure to provide basic necessities of life for example food, clothing, shelter, love, education & health the symptoms of neglect include: poor personal hygiene constant tiredness, malnourishment , inappropriate & or inadequate clothing , frequent lateness or absence from school(truancy) low self esteem, poor social relationship ,dirty skin, disease &lice infection.
Physical abuse some example of physical abuse include: excessive canning –either in school or homes child battering in families, violently shaking a child, scalding a [...] Continue Reading…
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August 1st, 2008
Born Githinji Gicharu, G-rongi is an established Hip Hop Artist hailing from the Eastlands of Nairobi, Dandora Ghetto, his music passion started at a very tender age, during his teenage years he doubled School work and sport. He played for Mathare Youth Sport Association (MYSA).when he was the league under 14 years team, he emerged the overall best team player and was awarded several medals.
Hip Hop music was gaining popularity, and the torch bearers were none other than Dandora rap pioneers, the trio Kalamashaka. By 1998 G-rongi was playing with the words and rymes; he would write down rhymes on paper and later share his lyrical prowess with fellow emcees from the Mau Mau camp.
Come 2000 and his house was full of kilograms of paper of lyrical poetry, Hip Hop was hitting the street at unprecedented rate, he started frequenting the famous club Florida 2000 in Nairobi, competing in [...] Continue Reading…
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July 29th, 2008
Mode 9 grew up in London, England. He came back to Nigeria , where he studied Building Technology. While in school (Bida Polytechnic) he met Ayo Animashaun, a publisher who eventually introduced him to SOLO DEE, a quantity surveyor (and one who would eventually make Nigerian hip-hop mainstream popular) who mentored him and introduced him to real hip-hop. During this period, Mode Nine met, through SOLO DEE, other rappers who have elevated the art form, such as Loknan ‘Eldee’ Dombin, Mista baron, Six Foot plus, De Weez and El-Cream and together they formed the super group AFTERMATH.
The name of the group later changed to SWAT ROOT following the adoption of the name by Dr Dre for his record label. With SWATROOT, mode Nine work on as many as 18 tracks before graduating from school. Mode Nine graduated in 1999 and had his National Youth Service Corps program in [...] Continue Reading…
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July 23rd, 2008
BLACK DIVIOUS - TAKEOVER……..
Born on the thirteenth may day of 1982 in Eldoret Kenya Blakdivious is all about the love of the art been producing tracks since high school.Not made any cash as yet in da industry and most of ma productions are done in ma bedroom in Dandora a ghetto in the Eastland s of Nairobi Kenya we (Me and Nikpunk)started to make some loops got famous within the neighborhood and soon artists were visiting local cats like Ukooflani Mau Mau and some coming as far as Nigeria as the late Fleet Militant gave us a visit (September 2006) before his untimely death at the hands of gangsters in Lagos Nigeria early this year another one to give us a call at the same time last year was the Ugandan rapper, singer,public speaker,poet and human rights activist MR O aka RAGZ who inspired me [...] Continue Reading…
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July 12th, 2008
“The lyrics are amazing and this album is great. If you are a fan of Underground Hip-Hop music or
are just getting into Underground Hip-Hop this album is definitely what you want.”
“First time I heard Napitia I liked this album if you have not bought this album yet you are missing out on”.
If you’re a serious hip hop enthusiast, you should have this Album.Whether you like it or not, this is an
IMPORTANT record, if only because it attempts to do something completely different from mainstream hip hop and succeeds. If you’re a casual listener, it would be ideal if you could get your hands on it before you buy and listen to it a time or two to see if it grows on you.
ALBUM IN STORES NOW!!!
1. My style co/performed by Deeper, K-dawg (produced by K-dawg)
2. Reminisce co/performed by K-dawg, Barbara (produced by K-dawg)
3. Napitia co/performed [...] Continue Reading…
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