He could take you to the moviessss

Bangs

Bangs is a South Sudanese rapper who hails from Australia and is best known for his hit 'Take U To Da Movies'.This video alone has received over 8 million views on YouTube,thanks to his lighthearted and optimistic take on Hip Hop.

Bangs has even featured in a recent TV Advertisement for Honda  

Have look at below

It's clear his fan base is very strong,but with fame comes the hate and Bangs has addressed this in his recent track

Your right not to listen to the haters,continue to do your thing Bangs and good luck for the future.

Check out him out on

YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/jpidRd 

Website: http://www.bangs8.com/ 

Twitter: http://twitter.com/yourboibangs

He has been hailed as the UK's No1 Rapper

He is said to be 'the best in the game' aka the best rapper in the UK and I certainly agree. He is South Sudanese and he goes by the name of Joe Black

Joe Black is the people's MC,he is a popular and highly established rapper in the UK Underground scene but with talent such as his he is destined for world wide acclaim.

He has a growing fan base thanks to his freestyles,one of which aired on the Hip Hop Mix Show on BBC Radio 1xtra,which is the national radio station for Black Music in the UK.

Good luck with the rest of the year Joe.

Check him out on twitter at @JoeBlackUk and http://joeblackuk.com/

Giving us more hope is...

Emmanuel Jal

 Emmanuel Jal,has overcome a childhood spent as a child solider who fought during the Sudanese civil war.To finding success and international acclaim in the fields of music and humanitarianism through founding the charity Gua.

Emmanuel is arguably South Sudan's highest profile Music artist who was performed at Live 8 at the Eden Project in Cornwall in South West England. He also secured a cameo from Alicia Keys amongst others for the video of his single 'We Want Peace'.

Check @EmmanuelJAL and http://www.emmanueljal.com

Connie A

Connie who also made an appearance in Emmanuel Jal's 'We Want Peace' video,is a talented South Sudanese singer with amazing vocals and great lyric ability,who hails from London,England .Connie is shown to the best of her ability in this mock video with her optimistic Hip Hop/Soul Rock song (I think I've invented a new genre) 'Spotlight'.

Did I mention she can rap,too.

Putting our hope into music

Hello Readers

Today's Theme is 'POSITIVITY THROUGH MUSIC'

In South Sudanese culture music is more than lyrics and a beat,it is used to rejoice,mourn and best of all unite the community.Therefore it has become a important part of our culture.

Today I have featured artists that share this ethic.

Yaba Angelosi 

Yaba is a talented artist who uses positive thinking to spread the message of unity to the South Sudanese Community.

He is known worldwide for his song entitled 'Time to Vote',which is regarded as the soundtrack to the referendum process.

His songs also discuss important issues such as tribalism in South Sudan,this is shown in the track below.

Check him out at: http://www.yabaangelosi.com/  and  http://twitter.com/#!/Yabaangelosii

Mini aka Five Point Fact File

Name:Republic of South Sudan 

Flag:

Number of States: Ten

President: Salva Kiir Mayardit

Capital City: Juba

These five points will be featured in future posts in greater detail,so look out for them.

x

The Only Girl

images via  Yes Movement   Wikipedia     Guardian     Allvoices 

Independence here we come

Hello Readers

This is an official post to mark the start of my count down to

Saturday 9th July 2011,which will see the establishment of the world's newest country South Sudan.

Which will secede Sudan,after over 50 years of struggle and two civil wars.The region will become a country known as  the Republic of South Sudan.

It's no secret that South Sudan is a work in progress,with the media reporting daily articles of a negative outcome.Therefore the negatives outweighs the positives.

 

So I have started 'The Only Project' to help spread the positivity and hope which myself and other members of the South Sudanese Community have gained from the forthcoming independence .

I hope you will enjoy my posts

x

The Only Girl

Happy Africa Day

The annual celebration takes place on 25th May each year and is celebrated by the members of the African Union (AU). It commemorates the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963,whereby the leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.

This years theme for Africa Day is 'Africa and the Diaspora'

There are 52 members of the AU:

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Western Sahara (SADR), São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

A Map of Africa

Celebrations are taking place place worldwide from Ireland to South Africa to New York and Nairobi for the Offical AU celebrations. 

Last year's Offical celebration

Have a lovely time enjoying Africa Day

x

The Only Girl 

Notes: 

Canary Islands are part of Spain

The 53rd member Mauritania is currently suspended from the AU

Morocco withdrew from the AU in 1984.

Images:  africaday    clas.ufl.edu