Oct 11/07

Ex-pat rap

Matt Yanchyshyn @ 09:01

BBC Sound System are a Senegalese hiphop group based in Paris, France. Their 2003 release, Na Banko, resurfaced in my collection lately thanks to a random shuffle.

Once again I’m reminded how Wolof is a great rapping language.. so angular, filled with rhyming sounds.

Unfortunately it’s not much more than a collection of sounds to my ears; with every passing day my Wolof disappears, word by word. I can still make a Senegalese person laugh when I hear the accent in Paris and respond with a Wolof joke, but that’s about it these days.

Anyway, just a quick post this morning.

BBC Sound System – Kalama

Tags: france, hiphop, paris, rap, senegal

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4 Responses to “Ex-pat rap”

1. aduna @ 13:31 on 2007-10-11
   

   Oh combien je connais ce problème…

   Amitiés

   Aduna

2. deb @ 01:16 on 2007-10-13
   

   Good choice! I actually have this one on my mp3 player. Purchased it at Calabashmusic.com months ago.

3. vajlet @ 10:20 on 2007-10-13
   

   I have never been so bad at wolof since I met my senegalese husband… he speaks so fast and in such an elaborated manner. I understood better when I only listened to music and read books with a dictionnary at the side! crazy but true! God I miss my wolof!

4. Jelo @ 18:57 on 2007-11-17
   

   Wolof is a great language for rap. Even tough I don’t understand all of it…it still sounds good to the ear.

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