Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Fighting For The Hearts And Minds Of Africa`s Muslim Youth

Somali hip-hop group Waayaha Cusub record material in a makeshift studio in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

Somali Hip-Hop Band Fighting al-Shabaab For Hearts And Minds -- The Guardian

Waayaha Cusub remain defiant despite bearing the scars of the Islamist group, whose reach has extended to Nairobi

Shine Ali doesn't scare easily. If he did, he would not be with his band in a basement studio in Nairobi, rapping lyrics that challenge the Islamist rebels who control much of his homeland, Somalia – and whose reach extends deep into the Kenyan capital.

Ali is well aware of the risks he is running. Three years ago, members of the al-Shabaab group broke into his home in Nairobi's Eastleigh neighbourhood and shot him.

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My Comment: It appears that his message is getting across, because if he was not successful .... they would not have shot him.

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