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Nimefurahishwa sana na habari hizi chini toka marekani. Naomba soma kwa makini uone jinsi baadhi ya wabongo wanavyochakarika ughaibuni

Documentary: Bongo Barbers Shop

Directed by – Charlie Ahearn and Art Production Fund (Doreen Remen)

Bongo Barber's Shop ni video amabayo nimekamilisha hivi karibuni nadirector Charlie Ahearn. Video Documentary tume irekodi June 6, 2005 Bronx, New York. Director amewahi pia kurekodi cinema marufu sanaya Hip Hop inoitwa 'Wild Style' 1982. Kwa Habari zaidi kuhusu Wild Style: http://www.wildstylethemovie.com/inside.htmIlikuwa dokumentari ya hip hop amabayo imekubalika sana na vichwa vyahip hop na mashabiki wengi sana duniani. Cinema hiyo ilitoka kwenye enziza Break Dancing (1980- 1985). Majina halisa ya washiriki:• Ahmed Dola A.K.A Balozi Dola• Curtis Fisher A.K.A Grand Master Caz• Mike Simpson A.K.A DJ EZ Mike• Theodore Livingston A.K.A Grand Wizard Theodore• Dread Archie Jr. A.KA D.O.ANimeamu kurekodi hii documentary kama njia moja wapo ya kutangaza sanaaya Bongo flava hapa Marekani, ambayo haijulikani kabisa na watu wengi.Pia nimetaka kufuatilia kwa karibu sanaa hii hadi kwenye chimbuko lakeBronx, New York. Mahali ambayo tume rekodi documentary ni umbali yamajengo mawili tu ambayo Hip Hop imeanzisha na DJ Kool Herc mwaka 1975.Pia video hii inajaribu kuonesha ni jinsi gani hip hop hivi sasaimesabaa dunia mzima hadi Afrika. Pia hii video inajaribu kujenga uhusiano waki muziki nawa Marekani weusi kuwa wezesha kuelewa Rap ya Bongo.Wanasiasa wengi wamejaribu kutu unganisha wa Africa na wamarekani weusi(African American's) siku za nyuma bila mafanikio makubwa, kwa kutumiasiasa. Lakini hivi sasa mimi kama Balozi wenu na tumia sanaa ya Rapkujenga uhusiano huu ambayo utawezesha kujenga soko la muziki siku zambele na kufunguwa milango ya kuwawezesha wasanii wenzangu kuwezakuuza na kuonesha sanaa yao Marekani.Mimi kama Balozi wa Hip Hop hapa Marekani (New York)nina majukumu yakuwakilisha sanaa yetu ya Bongo na kupeperusha bendera ya bongo flava. Kwavile hatuna promoter yoyote yule anofanya kazi hii yaku elimisha jamiiyaki Marekani kuhusu Bongo flava.
Bongo Barbers Shop inazungumzia:Wasanii wawili Grand Master Caz toka Marekani na mimi Balozi kutokaTanzania kama wasanii walobobea katika sana na wana kubalika na jamii.Kwenye Cinema hiyo tuna kutana katika Nyumba ya kinyozi, Bronx, New York(The Headquaters) katika harakati zangu zakutafuta Hip Hop ya kweli.Kama unavyoelewa hivi sasa sana ya Hip hopImetekwa nyara na ma promoter na wanfanya biashara wenye agenda zaobinafsi. Hip Hop imekuwa commercial sana na wasanii hawa zingatia tenamaadili ya sana. Kama kutoa ujumbe mahususi kwa jamii Nakutetea haki zawanyonge. Badala yake ni mashahiri ya mademu, bia, bangi na mambo yasiona manufaa kwa jamii. Na hii si Marekani tu hata Bongo hivi sasa ndokinacho endelea.Kwa hiyo tuna gusia hayo mambo katika filamu kidogo. katika salooni hiyopia kuna wasanii wengine wakonge wa Hip Hop ya zamani (Old school HipHop) kama DJ wa Grand Master Flash, DJ EZ Mike, (ndo mwenye Salon –Headquaters bado ana DJ kwenye Party na Shows) DOA ( mtalaam wa beat zandomo, beat box), Grand Wizard Theodora ( ambaye ni DJ wakwanza kutumiasidano ku scratch kwenye LP) – katika cinema wanasika wanaimba kwa sautikunieleza kwamba Balozi umefika kwenye Hip hop ya Kweli, Hip Hop yakweli iko hapa – Bronx, New York. Cinema hiyo imerekodiwa karibu sana nakwenye chimbuko la hip hop ( Bronx, NY.) Pia natarajia kuizinduwa huku Marekani – katika style ya pekee WorldPremier release party summer (June/July 2006) ambayo wata alikwa wasanii
Marufu. Kuna uwezekano mkubwa hivi sasa kuonekana ndani ya MTV Basemazungumzo yana endelea vizuri sana. Pia stesheni amboyo tayariwameonesha kubali kurusha documentary hewani ni BET na VH1 ambayo ni stesheni kubwa sana huku marekani za Muziki. Video tayara imesha anza kuoneka Tanzania - ITV, Channel Ten, Channel 5, TVZ, Star TV, pia kwenye Boti za kwenda Zanzibar.Mwezi wa June itaonekana kwenye Channel O na Channel M, na matamasha mbalimbali ya senema Marekani na CanadaBalozi Dola's BIO:Balozi Dola (Ahmed Dola) ni msani ambayo anoimba hip hop yenye ujumbemahususi kwa jamii baadi ya mashahiri yana zungumzia mambo ya Siasa,uchimu, hali duni ya wananchi wa Tanzania, na utamaduni wa vijana wakiTanzania. Pia mashahiri yana angalia dira na muelekeo wa vijana. Mpakahizi sasa nimesha zinduwa album mbili, "Balozi Wenu" 2000 na "Ubalozini"na 2002. Nimerekodi videos mbili pia singles ya, Kwenye Chati na Nanina Nani. Kabla hizo album mbili nimezinduwa album mmoja na kundi langula , The Deplowmatz, 1997 (jina la album Deplowmatz)Mafanikio :
Wimbo wangu "Maisha" umeshika nafasi ya namba mmoja kwenye charti yastesheni ya radio Uholanzi – Q 93 FM. – 2000

Tuzo la kundi bora la Rap Tanzania mwaka 1999.

Balozi Dola's performances Tanzania:ZIFF - Zanzibar International Film Festival in 2000Uzinduzi wa album ya Ubalozini ( Zanzibar – Ngome Kongwe 2002)Tangia niwasili Marekani Mwaka 2002: nimeanzisha tovuti ya kampuni yetu(Balozi na SUGU) – Kwetuentertainment – http://www.kwetuentertainment.com/Performance Ulaya: 1. Festival Mundial-World Music Festival (Tilberg, Holland and Belgium) 20012. New York Public Library (Harlem, New York) 20023. Knitting Factory – Manhattan, New York 20034. Five Spot Café , Brooklyn, New York (Nomadic wax Records) - 20035. Club Capital in Washington D.C – 20036. The Museum of African Art in Queens, New York (2003)7. Outdoor festival in Philadelphia (2004)8. Springfiled, Boston – Umoja ya Wa Tanzania Show 20049. The H20 World UP Hip Hop Festival in New York (2004)10. Bowery Poetry Club - Manhattan, New York.11. Week of Action for Darfur at Princeton University, New Jersey 200512. Hip Hop Week at Fordham University, New York (2005).13. Safari Club, Washington, D.C – 200514. Performance Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut – Oct 200515. New York H20 Film Festival – Nov 2005
16. Trinity International Hip Hop Festival - April 2006- http://www.trinityhiphop.org/
Nimeshaongea na wanafunzi katika : SUNY University, SarahLawrence College, and Fordham University, Princeton University kuhusianana Bongo Flava na utamanduni wa vijana na Hip hop Tanzania.

Balozi on BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4950692.stm

Balozi on BET.com
http://www.bet.com/Music/Hip+Hop+Goes+Global+Tanzania.htm