Rap in Luganda

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Rapper Fresh Kid (left), real name Patrick Ssenyonjo, with his father Paul Mutabaazi in a studio in the suburbs of Kampala, Uganda, January 23, 2020. Reuters / Abubaker Lubowa

By: Nathalie Amar Follow

His titles have hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube: Fresh Kid, who is only 8 years old, talks about precariousness, unemployment, poverty. Rap in Luganda, a minority language in Uganda. Stéphie Rose Nyot Nyot, founder of Je Parle le Bassa 2 and Je Parle Afrique 2.0 presents this rapper and his language in La Vie ici.

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