SAMINI
Welcome to Ghana by Samini
This music video, directed and edited by Omari Pili, is Samini's personal version of the popular Damian Marley track Welcome to Jamrock. He sings about being in Ghana and welcoming people to Ghana.
Samini is a versatile artist out of Ghana, West Africa. Titled 'Welcome to Ghana', the video was done during a special production in 2007. They were there doing a documentary but then took some time out to do a music video. The directors met with Samini and loved his vibe and then chose to film a quick video. It was only now publicly released because the director was simply too busy to get it out.
From the producer, Firebon, "He is a talented guy who deserves all the success, if you can use it to help him I will help as much as I can".
MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) 2009 winners
Nigeria's D'Banj emerged as artiste of the year for the second year running at the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs). The show took place today at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, Kenya. Ayeni The Great, one of the best entertainment journalists in Nigeria, reported prceedings from his Twitter account. (@alluevanid)
Wyclef Jean was the host of the awards and performed alongside Akon, Samini, who won Best Performer and other African musicians. Lucky Dube was honoured while Wyclef and Akon did a tribute to the late Michael Jackson. See the nominees at this link
The full list of winners
Best Male
Nameless (Kenya)
Hiplife (Wanlov, Samini, VIP, Reggie Rockstone) featured on AlJazeera's Playlist
AlJazeera English has a programme called Playlist where different types of music from all over the world are featured.
In the videos below, PLAYLIST encounters hiplife the music of modern Ghana touring the clubs of the Ghanaian capital, Accra, to meet the masters and rising stars of western-Africas latest fusion sensation. Hip hop is assumed to be an American invention. But African artists and MCs will argue that the history of hip hop belongs to them. They say it is traceable back to rhythms, instruments and drums indigenous to Africa, and has been thriving since the early 1990s, when musicians fused traditional Ghanaian high-life music jazzy horns and guitars with hip hop beats and flowing rap lyrics, and hiplife was born. We talk to Reggie Rockstone about this exciting sound.
PLAYLIST also travels to New York to find out how the hiplife scene is storming the clubs of the USA. From its birthplace in Ghana, west Africa, the hiplife movement and its stars are reaching out to audiences far from home. And we hear from some of hiplife's stars Batman Samini, VIP and Wanlov de Kubolor.
Watch the features below
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