Message of peace: Lionel Fotot, wearing a brown leather jacket, with other members of the One Force Hip Hop band in Bangui. He can’t shake the memories of the brutalities he witnessed as Central African Republic collapsed into sectarian violence. Music is like medicine“Our music is like a medicine that can heal the country,” Fotot said. Twenty young rappers from Central African Republic recently attended a jam session and cultural exchange with visiting Congolese-American rapper and academic Omekongo Dibinga. One of the young rappers at the event was Marlon Bisseni, who practices every day at home or with members of his rap group Enigmatique.

Source: The Hindu July 01, 2017 15:00 UTC