Africa-Press – Senegal. In 2005, heavy rains flooded neighborhoods around Dakar, Senegal, forcing tens of thousands of people out of their homes.
It was the worst downpour in decades and Babacar Niang, a rapper also known as Matador, witnessed the devastation.
« People’s faces read worry first, then fear, » reads one line from his song, « Catastrophe. »
But he couldn’t just sit there and write songs about it, he wanted to do more.
In 2006, he founded Africulturban, a cultural center where young people go to create music and art.
The center feeds into a large and lively hip-hop scene that is often socially conscious.
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