Micshariki Africa is a one stop shop that began with the goal of supporting and promoting the underground Hip Hop music, Kulture and the art scene from the East African Region.The objectives achieved by reviewing albums, mixtapes and EP’s, interviewing emcees, pro- ducers, graffiti artists, painters, graphics designers and all viable showbiz shareholders.
Kefa Mkombola, also known as MkoKeNya is a Hip Hop fan, poet, writer, Hip Hop con- noisseur and the owner of East Africa’s underground Hip Hop platform and website Micshariki Africa.
Born and raised in Mombasa, MkokeNya as he is popularly known by his poetic name has been working in management position in an engineering firm for the past 10 years in Tanzania where he is currently residing.
To ensure broad readership, their articles are in both Swahili and English whilst having in place various products that keep readers and listeners educated and entertained. MicShariki have music playlists that give HipHop listeners the opportunity to catch up to the latest Hip Hop music from Tanzania on Tuesday (Tues- day Twenzetu) and Kenya on Friday (Friday Furahiday). There is also curation of all the new projects that are dropped by the artists be it singles, EPs, Mixtapes or Albums.
In addition to articles and playlists. MicShariki have also started an audio and video Pod- cast together with a monthly Hip Hop award (Micshariki Africa Emcee Of The Months Awards) that seeks to recognize the best em- cee/lyricist each month. Micshariki Africa is also one of the founder members of the hottest and most about cypher in the region, Door Knockers Cyphers.
The cypher was started with the aim of assisting Hip Hop emcees from the region to work together. So far we have done 4 episodes and worked with over 30 different emcees both male and female from Kenya, Tanzania, United Kingdom and USA.
Shule is the Swahili word for school/education and was used here to show that Shule (Adam) is the tutor offering Shule (lessons/education) to his fans and listeners. This project is all about educating and entertaining our fans by ad- dressing issues affecting our society such as health (both physical and mental), education, financial literacy, speaking out against GBV, occupational safety and much more.
Adam who is one of the finest Swahili lyricists from the region has 2 Mixtapes (Moto Umewaka, Chi), 2 (ANKO, Uwanja Wa Fujo) individual albums and an EP (Kutoka Kwangu Kuja Kwenu – K.K.K.K) to his name. He also has 4 different projects under his belt with the rap group Dom Down Click (D.D.C) (DIRA, Fasihi Simulizi, Mechanism The Mixtape, The Element 2).
After having been a fan of Adam Shule Kongwe for some time we decided to team up and work together on a project considering that it was with him that I first shared my ideas of having a Hip Hop blog. Adam joined Micshariki Africa’s Swahili editorial team and the creative department.
