Africa-Press – Angola. The Hip Hop community in Huila province wants the style to be an important tool for social and educational transformation, helping to prevent delinquency through musical messages.
In an interview , the president of the community, created in 1999, Símon Júnior, said that local rappers are joining in the celebrations of 53 years of hip hop culture in the world, which is being marked today.
He reaffirmed that with these ideas, the Community is committed to continuing to promote youth talent and cultural appreciation through this musical style, because hip hop, in addition to being a musical style, is now a tool for transforming people, capable of getting young people off the streets and into productive activities.
The musician and composer also stressed that “hip hop has been a school of life for many young Angolans and has transformed “many” into exemplary citizens.
He pointed out that today there are teachers, doctors, military personnel and leaders in this field, which is one of the movement’s greatest victories.
He highlighted as one of the gains for artists the strengthening of urban cultural identity and the growing interest of young people in art as a means of expression and entrepreneurship.
However, the community leader also pointed out challenges such as the lack of institutional support, physical space for operations, sound equipment, recording studios and funding for artistic projects.
With more than 350 active members, the Huíla Hip Hop Community has been one of the most dynamic references in the region, promoting training activities, musical dissemination and social awareness among young people, in line with cultural promotion and citizenship policies.
Since its creation in 2004, the local community has developed actions that have contributed to the strengthening of urban culture in the province, including the first provincial festivals of this style and cultural conferences with participants from Huíla, Benguela, Huambo, Cunene, Cuando, Cubango and Namibe.
On 12 November 1973, the Universal Zulu Nation, a hip hop culture awareness group, was created in New York. The group was founded by DJ Afrika Bambaataa, a New York artist who still acts as a social leader in the American hip hop movement.
Hip hop is a culture that originated in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s, among African-American and Latino communities. It emerged from street parties and became established with four main elements: DJ (who produces the music), MC (who sings/rhymes), break dancing (the dance) and graffiti (the visual art).
The term ‘hip’ has been used in African-American English since 1898, where it means something current, happening at the moment; and ‘hop’ refers to the dance movement.
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