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my Orijin | Upclose with growing Ethiopian icon, Estifanos Berta-Samuel
Beautiful Ethiopia is known for many wonderful things; splendid culture, striking women and a civilization rooted firmly in African history. It is the dream of model/dancer/actor Estifanos Berta-Samuel to add to that by starting a corporation that will build a world class industry for arts, fashion and entertainment professionals in his home country and across [...]
88-Keys on My Orijin? (Exclusive Interview)
The album is dead. iTunes killed it. Blaming Steve Jobs and Co. for the plethora of awful LPs being released might be a stretch, but let’s face it, artists, especially MCs, are making better singles than full lengths. 88-Keys is an exception though – this veteran’s first album is one of the best and most [...]
my Orijin | Kyssi Wète
Born in Kinshasa, in the Congo Democratic Republic, Kyssi Wète grew up in Paris, where he learned acoustic guitar by himself, playing and singing with friends at school, then at University. If not coming from an artist environment and family, music was always a genuine passion for him. From the very beginning, his music was [...]
my Orijin| Fela Kuti
Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti was born in Ogun State, Nigeria on October 15th, 1938 . Many people around the world know this pioneer of Afro beat music as plain and simple, Fela Kuti. To many outside Africa, Fela is seen as an entertainer, singer-composer, trumpet, sax and keyboard player, bandleader, paving the way for current [...]
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