July 2013 | Waayaha Cusub ft. Humanitarian Bazaar On July 1st, 2013, as part of the Somali Sunrise Concert Tour for Peace, hip hop group, Waayaha Cusub, performed at the Somali Independence Day festival concert in Eastleigh, Kenya. Many performers and...
April 2013 | Humanitarian Bazaar ft. Waayaha Cusub, Kombo Chokwe & Afro simba, Alsarah, Ariana Delawari Band, Jahm Eye, Bill Brookman, and more Humanitarian Bazaar On April 27th, 2013, Somali hiphop group Waayaha Cusub and Humanitarian Bazaar launched the historic Mogadishu Music...
April 3rd, 2013 | Waayaha Cusub, Kombo Chokwe & Afro Simba, and more Humanitarian Bazaar Humanitarian Bazaar's work with front line musicians for youth outreach eventually crossed over with counter-violence and counter-extremism work. With Somali hip hop group Waayaha Cusub, the...
December 2012 | Culture | Waayaha Cusub & Humanitarian Bazaar Humanitarian Bazaar In December 2012, Kwani Trust hosted it's annual Kwani Litfest featuring celebrated poets Hadraawi (Somalia) and Warsan Shire (Somali-UK) in Nairobi and Eastleigh, Kenya. The literary festival included several live...
Autumn 2012 | Culture | Waayaha Cusub Humanitarian Bazaar From October to December 2012, Somali hip hop group Waayaha Cusub launched a new round of concerts shaped for outreach to rally youth to turn away from violent extremism in Eastleigh, Kenya. As...
September 2012 | Archive | Written by Daniel J. Gerstle Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine When Ghani first piloted the Landcruiser off the Bosaso-Mogadishu Highway tarmac into the rocky desert where there were no roads, no people, I thought he might kill me. That summer...
August 2012 | Culture | Waayaha Cusub Humanitarian Bazaar The Somali Sunrise Concert Tour for Peace, led by Somali hiphop group Waayaha Cusub and produced by Humanitarian Bazaar, was Waayaha Cusub's world tour campaign to persuade youth to turn away from extremism...
BRAZIL | Michelle N Warner, HELO Magazine, Jan – Feb 2011 Though it’s used in foods as ubiquitous as class yellow cheddar cheese, you’ve probably never heard of the achiote plant and its versatile seed, annatto. That classic orangey-yellow color that people...
SOMALIA & KENYA | DANIEL J. GERSTLE | MAY 2012 Originally published in Rolling Stone (Middle East edition) Republished here November 2024 Shiine Akhyaar, the outspoken lead singer and manager of Somali hip-hop collective Waayaha Cusub, loves to share his political opinions, but...
WHITE CITY: BIG IN THE STANS Filmmaker & Singer/Bassist Ru Owen directed, produced, and filmed this series about life on tour from Afghanistan to Uzbekistan while performing with rock band White City. The trio--Ru Owen (vocals/ bass), Travis Beard (guitar), and...