Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Download for free a Brand New Song Imba Nami by Grace Matata ft Otuck
On Fear, Insecurities, Confusion and Love (Imba Nami)
"Halo halo baby, kila kitu ndivyo sivyo,
Ila nimekuja tu mi nilivyo,
Itakuwaje?
I was thinking maybe, tukienda taratibu, tutapata majibu.
Unaonaje?
Maisha ni magumu, tumekwama humu,
Itakuwaje?
Itakuwaje?
Hawajali, walimwengu wakali,
Tuko mbali, na nyumbani.
Tukiwa wawili, najua hatuto feli,
Kaa nami imba nami.
Halo halo baby,
Hofu mimi ninahisi, kupendana si rahisi,
Itakuwaje?
I was thinking maybe, kama tukiamua,
Pamoja tutakua,
We can grow.
Nje baridi, nayo inazidi,
Inazidi, inazidi.
Tukiwa wakweli, tutafika mbali,
Kaa nami, imba nami"
Halo Halo
"Halo halo baby, kila kitu ndivyo sivyo,
Ila nimekuja tu mi nilivyo,
Itakuwaje?
I was thinking maybe, tukienda taratibu, tutapata majibu.
Unaonaje?
Maisha ni magumu, tumekwama humu,
Itakuwaje?
Itakuwaje?
Hawajali, walimwengu wakali,
Tuko mbali, na nyumbani.
Tukiwa wawili, najua hatuto feli,
Kaa nami imba nami.
Halo halo baby,
Hofu mimi ninahisi, kupendana si rahisi,
Itakuwaje?
I was thinking maybe, kama tukiamua,
Pamoja tutakua,
We can grow.
Nje baridi, nayo inazidi,
Inazidi, inazidi.
Tukiwa wakweli, tutafika mbali,
Kaa nami, imba nami"
Halo Halo
Insecurities. I have mine (trust me, quite a lot!). They range from "am I good enough?" to "I am too much". I catch myself feeling unworthy at times. I question myself on why I should have somethings that I have in my life. And other times, the issue comes from not having enough. Not beeing enough. I can get insecure. It is human and it is ok.
Confusion. I do get confused at times. Its not always black and white the way I like it. As we grow up, we learn there are many shades in between. I find myself in the "in between" sometime. It is ok, I always find my way in the end.
Fear. I have my fears. I have the fear of loosing. People and things and feeling (especially feelings). At times, I am so scared of loosing a good feeling, I won't even try to get it in the first place. The pain that comes from loosing that feeling, I hate it. But I fear it even more. I get scared sometimes, it is ok.
But this is what I've decided, I REFUSE to let my fears, insecurities and all the confusion stop me from living and loving the best that I can.
I have so much to give and sooooo much love to give. I will not let confusion, fear and insecurities hold me back. If you are of the same state of mind, get to singing this with me : )
#NYAKATIFACTS IMBA NAMI is in the album NYAKATI out on March 5th
DOWNLOAD NEW SONG IMBA NAMI by GRACE MATATA from her NYAKATI ALBUM
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Imba Nami Grace Matata ft Otuck William
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Monday, February 18, 2013
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Matokeo Kidato Cha Nne 2012 yatapatikana Kumkichwa
Tunapenda kuwafahamisha wadau wote wa Kumkichwa ya kwamba, kutokana na maombi na ushauri wa wadau kuhusiana na usumbufu wanaoupata wakati wa kutazama Matokeo yao.
Matokeo ya kidato cha nne 2012 yatapatikana katika blog ya Kumkichwa ili kupunguza usumbufu utakao jitokeza siku hizo ambazo matokeo yatatangazwa. Matokeo hayo ambayo yanaweza kutangazwa tarehe hizi za karibuni yatapatikana hapa...hii inatokana na kuwa kipindi hiki mtandao wa Necta huwa na watembezi wengi hivyo huwa mzito katika kufungua Data na katika kuupata katika Search Engine....
Ni ushauri wenu na maoni yenu ndio tumeyazingatia na tunawasihi ya kwamba mtakapopata ujumbe huu, wafahamisheni na wengine, ili kuwasaidia wale watakao pata shida kuyaona matokeo yao wayapate kwa urahisi...kwa pamoja tutaweza..Kumkichwa ni Wewe!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Mama C announces Heal the Community 2013 Itinerary!
Most of the dates are full on this year’s
UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY Tour!
We hope that you will be able to come see Mama C at the public events
that are scheduled from Feb to April, to view the new documentary MAMA
C: URBAN SPIRIT IN THE AFRICAN BUSH by Prof Joanne Hershfield and the
classic A PANTHER IN AFRICA by Aaron Matthews; hear Mama C speak on the
life that she and Mzee Pete O’Neal have built in Tanzania during his
more than four decades of exile; learn more about the various outreach
programs based at UAACC including the Leaders of Tomorrow Children’s
Home program and the daily classes for youth in the AruMeru community
which are all taught by volunteers, the majority of whom are Tanzanian;
hear some of Mama C’s poetry and music…in other words, there is a lot
going on during the UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY TOUR!UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY Tour!
Check out the calendar below and go to the events in/nearest your city. Plus find out about how you can contribute to the continuing success of UAACC community outreach programs. Hope to see you there!
UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY TOUR 2013
Calendar of Events
Feb 2………..……..Leave Tanzania to begin theCalendar of Events
UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY TOUR 2013
Feb 3………………15 hour stop over in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for Heal the Community happenings; poetry; music; networking
Feb 3……….………Arrival Kansas City
Feb 6…………….…..Arrival Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 7, 8, 9, 10……various activities and events in Columbia, SC including
Music jam with the South Carolina ‘Jazz Ambassador’ Skip Peerson and other musicians Reel Black Pix Film and Arts Festival
North American debut screening of Joanne Hershfield’s documentary MAMA C: URBAN SPIRIT IN THE AFRICAN BUSH at the 5th Reel Black Pix Film Festival
Hip Hop Summit panel which includes Prof Griff of Public Enemy original hip hop crew
Reel Black Pix Poetry Slam
Feb 11…………..Leave for Sacramento, California
Feb 12…………..presentation at San Francisco State University
Feb 13…………..presentation at Merritt College
Feb 14…………presentation at Cal State University, east Bay
Feb 15…………presentation at Monterey College
Feb 16 ………..Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles for screening of Joanne Hershfield documentary MAMA C: URBAN SPIRIT IN THE AFRICAN BUSH followed by Q&A with Mama C and the Director, Prof Hershfield
Feb 17…………community event in Sacramento organized by It’s About Time BPP
Feb 18…………return to Kansas City
Feb 20, 21, 22…various activities and events in Houston, Texas including
presentations at Lone Star College
Feb 23………return to Kansas City
Feb 24, 25, 26, 27…………presentations at Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Feb 28………………..presentations at Rutgers State University Newark, New Jersey
March 1……………Return to Kansas City
March 2 to March 11…………performances and activities for International Women’s Month hosted by French Cultural Center
Accra, Ghana west Africa
March 12 to 13……………return to Kansas City
March 14, 15, 16, 17…………presentations performances in
San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico hosted by World Beat Center
March 18……………………return to Kansas City
March 19, 20………………..presentations and performances at North Carolina University Chapel Hill
March 21……………………North Carolina State University to receive the Benjamin O. Mays Award
March 22, 23, 24, 25…………………events in Kansas City
March 26……………………Bridgewater State University outside of Boston, MA
March 27……………………Ohio Weslyn University
March 28, 29……………University of Wisconsin at Osh Kosh
March 30 ………………return to Kansas City
March 31 to April 9th………Seattle, WA for various performances, activities, events including Jua Lekunda Fundraiser
April 9th – 10th………………scenic train ride to Seattle to Los Angeles
April 11th…………………..performance at Vibrations Poetry Space in Los Angeles
April 12th to April 14th……………………presentations continue in LA
April 15th…………..return to Kansas City
April 16th – 24th………………various presentations, performances and events in Kansas City
April 25………stopover in DC events to be announced soon
April 26……..stopover in Addis Ababa for presentations/performance
April 27………..return to UAACC in Tanzania
Source mamacharlottesword2011
Special For Your Brain & Your Heart "Think & Feel"
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| Graffiti |
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| Curiosity killed the cat |
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| True African Leaders... |
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| We miss you brother Lexa |
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| Long live SUA |
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| Mzee Pete and I several years ago in front of mural at UAACC painted by artist from Dar es Salaam. The mural depicts one of the few times that Malcolm X and Martin Luther King met! — with ukookaya. |
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| Mama's Love |
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| Black Diva |
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| Woooooord |
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| I Love Qur'an |
Sunday, February 3, 2013
BIG GREEN TREE
Big green tree
Once I saw a big green tree,
With kids playing under it,
But now the kids are hiding in their mother’s hands
For protection,
From their mother’s cries calling their fathers
Who are in the war front section.
It was a random selection,
No one had these expectations,
But it’s time to accomplish this politician mission,
I look to the left,
And is saw another big green tree,
But this is in a big fancy fenced house,
With the mother and kids playing with great applause,
To their father in the house-office
Who keeps asking if winning the war is that close,
“Send in another troops” are the words coming from this
Politics mind,
Is it mankind or unkind he never mind,
To him, his soul and the mission are bound,
Now I look in front,
I saw the battle zone,
Hungry soldiers, with tiresome faces sitting on the stones,
Carrying these long black barrel things,
With some small gold-coated balls in it,
Which can take the life of a human being in a minute
“Bang bang” are the sounds which are heard by the young ears in
These streets,
“Run Run” are the words they hear from their mothers since peace
Parted these streets
“Don’t die”, “I’m so sorry”, “where does it pain”, “hold on,”
Are the words which replace the equipments
On their empty first aid kits.
Famine smiles as it get near to their homes,
No one works; I stare at these deserted farms,
The winds has no its beautiful aroma anymore,
It’s full of smokes and smell of dead bodies died
A while ago,
The sounds of chirping birds which travelled
Through these winds have gone,
I now hear sounds of children and mother cries
Who are left alone?
Is peace that expensive that Africa can’t buy?
Or in the peace market some foreign nations
Make the price get high,
Is war that necessary that if we leave it we die?
Why if there is no war, then we are in a fake peace?
Children crying for food, then global warming and toxic food
Are the answers they get instead?
Now is that peace or its just a piece of the newly mixed up peace,
My diamonds, my gold
I thought it could lead the path to richness
But ooh my GOD it has been the source of this mess
At first they were a bless, but now mixed up with injustice, oppression
Ignorance
It has turned to be a cocktail of curse
,
When will love hate?
When will love show to everybody that’s it’s in everyone heart?
When will love seriously hate war,
Thus every heart should hate war,
Lets part with hate and love meet with peace,
I hope those trees will have children under it,
Playing as one, no matter their races,
Singing this WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE!!!!! PEACE
by Peter Arsenal Mboye on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 10:57pm ·
Nyota Njema ya Mtaa Mixtape On Sale Now
Nyota Njema ya mtaa is the first studio mixtape by rapper Chaba. It was released on 26th Jan 2013.
Background
Chaba announced the mixtape to the public in mid-2012, by releasing singles (as a "prelude" to the mixtape), the first single was Kibaoo!! Featuring an upcoming singer Wiseman, this single was produced by Daz Naledge. The second single was Amkaa!! Which he featured Ibra da Hustler the former N2N solders crew member (http://www.hulkshare.com/
When these two singles were getting a good response to the media Chaba and Daz were getting busier in Watengwa recs with finishing up the mixtape which contains 16 tracks plus intro and the bonus track the famous old skull by Chaba "Naflow" prod by Chindo. In interviews with Radio stations he stated that "he's focused on making a difference from many other mc’s on this mixtape".
He calls it "Nyota njema ya mtaa (Street good star) "because he believes he is that star ever since he stepped into this world as a baby and later into the game after secondary school 2002 "on the CD Cover which was designed by Kumkichwa you are looking at little Chaba at age 4months. However he did not make the final cut of the mixtape last year as first time announced, he released a third single only on the internet on 26th Dec Pita hivi featuring Nash Mc from Tamaduni musik of Dar-es-Salaam, Which was officially launched on 26/01/2013. (http://www.hulkshare.com/
He states the single as a lyrical flow lesson to new mc’s out there who lately have been releasing crap music in the media. After many of the push backs in last year’s summer, Chaba stated that the mixtape would be release in end of 2012. However it was pushed back, again till Jan 26, 2013... which ended up being the actual release date.
Tracklist
No.
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Title
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Writer(s)
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Producer(s)
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Length
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1.
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"Intro"
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Chaba
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Daz Naledge
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01:29
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2.
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"Shukrani"
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Chaba, Vicky
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Daz Naledge
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02:53
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3.
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"Maisha yangu"
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Chaba, Gwaii, Toxin man, Raf Mc
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Daz Naledge
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04:33
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4.
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"Ni Soo"
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Chaba, Jcb, P Culture
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Daz Naledge
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04:31
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5.
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"009 Wakilisha"
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Chaba, Biggie, Cympoo, Chanya,
Pacha the Great
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Daz Naledge
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05:32
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6.
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"Amkaa"
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Chaba, Ibra da Hustler
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Daz Naledge
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04:13
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7.
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"How Far"
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Chaba , Daz Naledge
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Darsh Pandit, Quan Beatz
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03:33
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8.
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"Kibao"
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Chaba, Wiseman
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Daz Naledge
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03:27
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9.
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"Nasty"
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Chaba
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Daz Naledge
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04:04
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10.
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"Pita Hivi"
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Chaba, Nash Mc
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Daz Naledge
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03:59
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11.
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"Hey Woman"
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Chaba
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Daz Naledge
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01:16
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12.
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"Misimamo 10 kwa laya"
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Chaba
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Def Extro
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02:59
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13.
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"Wakati"
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Chaba, Mwanaharakati, Sight mo
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Willy- bEasT
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03:49
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14.
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"Tunakipaka"
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Chaba, Raf Mc, Sight mo
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Daz Naledge
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03:30
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15.
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"Kimistari"
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Chaba
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Daz Naledge
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03:48
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Bonus track;-
Naflow prod: Chindo
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Listen to the mixtape preview here;-
Get your copy of Nyota Njema Mixtape
Contacts
Arusha : Chaba +255688 880
090, +255713 876 299,
Biggie +255783 853 853,
Daz Naledge +255719 300
204,
Stanley Mtengwa +255755 487 952, +255715 299 236,
Dar-es-Salaam Contact::- Maalim Nash +255713 900 994.
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