Muthoni Drummer Queen: Creativity builds nations
鼓后穆桑妮: 以文化創意立國
Muthoni Drummer Queen's thought-provoking music fuses traditional African drum patterns with modern styles like hip-hop, reggae and blues. Full bio
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into the Kenyan music industry.
卻不得其門而入。
derivative of Kiswahili
to a Kenyan who sounded like me.
像我這種風格的肯亞人。
deviation from the norms,
自己所認知的常態,
by colonialists in 1895,
of our identity
our independence,
the new normal.
to move forward since.
許多不同的改革方式。
currency, infrastructure,
that make a country a country.
並非真心去愛的事物;
until we love ourselves.
直到我們先愛自己。
can only include some of us
called Blankest and Wine,
「毛毯與葡萄酒」音樂節,
and other misfits.
打造一個舞台。
we've programmed over 200 bands
200 多個樂團演出,
of artists and managers,
on technicians, rehearsals,
along the music value chain.
產業鏈的其他環節上。
for multiple Kenyan identities to exist,
to discover and engage
into a live music circuit.
music can help heal the nation.
the biggest distributor of ideas in Kenya,
still choosing radio first.
收音機仍是他們的首選。
the diversity that is Kenya.
聽見肯亞的多元性。
of all programing on Kenyan radio
done in English, Kiswahili
single-language ethnic radio.
單一民族語言的電台。
interest and demand
the much-needed incomes
narrative about Kenya.
囊括多元詮釋的肯亞。
what you do not know exists.
too can do the work.
that 41 percent of Kenyans
has a huge potential.
that have been put into the sector
a lot more incentives and investments
can get on the Kenyan TV
在肯亞電視上播放,
difficult conversations
a lot more home-grown stars,
and validation of home.
與認可的既定印象。
Kenyan clothes for Kenyan consumers,
on second-hand imports.
who are literally world-class.
consider themselves worthy
of the immediate future.
to help heal the psyche of Kenya,
to take a minute
immigrant communities,
they have to endure,
they have loved and known.
up in the air with me.
跟我一起舉在空中。
to my people building something
that their children will lack for nothing
and treat them like they're basic
to consider all their options
we survive even abortion
我們甚至活過了墮胎
watch us how we make it
come and run and overtake it
will you pledge allegiance
你願意效忠嗎?
will you take a breather?
你願意放鬆一些嗎?
guarantee will blow your mind!
I stay on my grind
to build something that lasts,
we are looking like the owners
看起來就像老闆
come and tell us how they want us
to take over the world soon
and the clap while the bass goes
跟著鼓聲和拍手聲
and you really wanna show it
move your body, show somebody
all this I know, all this I know
all this I know, all this I know
but we do it how we wanna
但我們用自己的方式
wanna have us but they fail like
take over the world soon
while the bass goes boom
跟著鼓聲和拍手聲
and you really wanna show it
move your body, show somebody
all this I know, all this I know
all this I know, all this I know
and you really wanna show it
move your body, show somebody
all this I know, all this I know
all this I know, all this I know
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Muthoni Drummer Queen - MusicianMuthoni Drummer Queen's thought-provoking music fuses traditional African drum patterns with modern styles like hip-hop, reggae and blues.
Why you should listen
Muthoni Drummer Queen is the founder of two festivals in East Africa: Blankets & Wine, a platform for emerging and established "alternative" Kenyan and African artists that has since expanded to franchises in Uganda and Rwanda; and Africa Nouveau, an annual music and arts festival gathering creators, curators and fans of "African cool."
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