November 2011 | Culture | Marwan Samarae, with Daniel J. Gerstle Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine DANIEL: We want to hear Acrassicauda's new album Gilgamesh!!! When does it come out? How are the songs different from your previous stuff? Will I love it so much...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" video="" box_shadow_on_row="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text] November 2014 | Music by White City. Video by Ru Owen and Jake Simkin. Reposted from our archive, first posted in 2013 | Humanitarianbazaar.org We take a look now at a music video filmed...
September 2014 | Written by Daniel J. Gerstle; film and imagery by Monzer Darwish | Humanitarianbazaar.org There have been hundreds of filmmakers risking their lives to document the Syrian war and how people survive. But there has only been one capable of...
August 2014 | District Unknown | Humanitarianbazaar.org When Afghanistan's first heavy metal band District Unknown [FOLLOW HERE] first performed in Kabul despite threats, they had their eyes on this moment. Today they release "The Anatomy of a 24-Hour Lifetime," their first album, Afghanistan's...
August 2014 | Humanitarian Bazaar Magazine | Story by Daniel J Gerstle. Photos by Daniel J Gerstle, Jake Simkin, Seth Chase, Ahmad Mahmoud, Hajooj Kuka, A.A., Nur Hassan, and many more captioned. Last year Somalia hiphop peace activist group Waayaha Cusub...
December 2013 | Humanitarian Bazaar ft. Waayaha Cusub After running the successful Mogadishu Music Festival, Somali hip hop group Waayaha Cusub, supported by Humanitarian Bazaar and donors, ran the Journey of Peace Festival in the Dadaab refugee settlements in Kenya. Five...
July 2013 | Written by Daniel J. Gerstle | Humanitarianbazaar.org Pompi, the Zambian hip-hop performer known for his gospel-inspired lyrics, beaming smile, and bow tie, takes the stage for the first time in Washington, D.C., offering a lyrical poem about being...
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 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...