Film maker Franck Onouviet gives you a taste of show day with designer Kimathi of Jamhuri Wear at a charity fashion show hosted by the African Students Union of The City College of New York.

The idea – “New Kids on the block”; an introduction of the African hybrid culture and the faces from the next frontier. The arrival of Africa into the world global market – the plane has landed. Jamhuri Wear offered a sneak peak of their upcoming much anticipated Heritage Rich Collection. All great families carry a rich history and a crest.

Lyrical artillery at it’s best, with his fast cutting rhymes and infectious flows. Since Abbas aka Dobeez first burst into to the scene in 1994 battling rappers at Club Florida 2000, Nairobi’s hottest Night Club then teamed up with Bamboo. Abbas has worked to liberate his listeners from ignorance and to awaken their  awareness and  responsibility to their immediate society. Not forgetting the beat that serves as bait that compels you to listen. Check him out  him on AfroJemz.

Ni Wakati (It’s Time) is a film about passing of the revolutionary torch to the youth. It shows how the revolutionary youth of Africa, utilizing Hip-hop have turned the Ghetto’s into breeding ground of explosive talent in the art’s and the political sphere. On this unique excursion filmakers Michael Wanguhu & Russell Kenya journey with M1 from Dead Prez and Umi from POW to East Africa – Tanzania and Kenya. We see them interact with their fellow Africans where they not only eat, but they also get to trade verses in make shift studios at various artists home, even the ghettos.