Hip-hop Dar es Salaam

Music of The New Generation

Mulraney, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4424-1637, Kerr, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-6676, Rubanza, Hashim, Thomas, Octavian and Williams, Justin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2501-6730 (2025) Hip-hop Dar es Salaam. [Project] (Unpublished)

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Hip Hop Dar es Salaam captures the history of hip-hop in Tanzania which has yet to be fully or widely told. In making the documentary we adopted new equitable methods of collaboration with hip hop practitioners in which their knowledge of both Tanzanian hip hop history and creative practice are central.

As rapper and record producer Doug E. Fresh said: “Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.” Hip Hop Dar es Salaam captures the history of hip-hop in Tanzania which has yet to be fully or widely told. In making the documentary we adopted new equitable methods of collaboration with hip hop practitioners in which their knowledge of both Tanzanian hip hop history and creative practice are central. For the hip hop practitioner with whom we were working hip hop was not only something they knew about but the practice of making hip hop had enabled them to gain knowledge and skills which they could bring to documentary film making. The film draws on hip-hop approaches to cultural industry and works through theories of knowledge flows and musical (and musicians’) migrations. SoFT’s Senior Lecturer Paul Mulraney was brought on board as Associate Producer at the start of the project, advising throughout the project from development to distribution, with input into story development, preproduction organisation, editorial feedback, distribution strategy, graphics and branding. Working with a distributed team of filmmakers and musicians in Dar es Salaam (Imetoka Collectives O-Key and Hashim), academics and musicologists from the University of Johannesburg (David Kerr, Research Lead, Africa/Oxford Initiative) and the University of Bristol (Professor Justin Williams) the project premiered at a screening and Q&A at the Bristol Watershed, followed by a screening, seminar and discussions at Oxford St Johns. A further round of post-production work will follow based on the audience feedback gathered at these sessions, leading to the film’s distribution via international film music festivals.

Item Type:	Project
Subjects:	Film & Television > Film History, Geography & Environment Performing Arts > Music & Sound
Department:	School of Film & Television
Depositing User:	Paul Mulraney
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2026 10:49
Last Modified:	06 Jul 2026 13:16
URI:	https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/6526

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