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		<title>Music copyrights in Kenya</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/12/12/music-copyrights-in-kenya</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 15:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I happened to speak with some representatives from the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) at an event promoting local music in Kenya. I was shocked to learn that, in Kenya, music works are granted copyright protection for 50 years after the death of the composer. I&#8217;m neither a musician nor a lawyer (so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rastafarianism is a religion</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/12/04/rastafarianism-is-a-religion</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If smoking weed, growing dreadlocks, and listening to Bob Marley sounds good to you, you just might be a Rastafarian! There&#8217;s a lot more to it than that, but I&#8217;ll be damned if I ever meet a Rasta who can explain it without mentioning reggae music or marijuana. It&#8217;s quite popular here in Kenya, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Is the New Crunk</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/03/24/gospel-is-the-new-crunk</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s really popular to be a gospel artist in Kenya these days; where you&#8217;d normally have heard gangster rap or crunk music coming from Nairobi matatus, now it&#8217;s not uncommon to hear songs praising Mungu (God). I have never liked gospel, but some of these tunes honestly sound like something a DJ would spin at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jua Cali &#8211; Niimbie (Sing For Me)</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/01/12/jua-cali-niimbie-sing-for-me</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great song by one of Kenya&#8217;s better-known artists, Jua Cali. I&#8217;m not sure why I never heard it until now because it&#8217;s been out since late 2008. Anyways, it&#8217;s Jua Cali and Enika (apparently she&#8217;s from Tanzania). It&#8217;s a nice break from all the &#8220;I&#8217;m a thug&#8221; and &#8220;get money and bitches&#8221; music that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Tunes</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/12/03/new-tunes</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are some new tunes. They&#8217;re new to me at least. I bet you&#8217;ve never heard &#8216;em until now but I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if some of you heard about these when they dropped a few years ago. These two songs aren&#8217;t from Kenya but they sure get a lot of airtime in Kenya in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kenyan Crunk</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/09/21/kenyan-crunk</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in Kenya is hilarious; I&#8217;ve learned more about rap during my last two years living in Kenya than when I lived in the United States. Maybe it&#8217;s because I always listened to metal music, but there is no missing the influence of American rap on Kenyan culture (Nairobi especially). You&#8217;ve seen the matatus, right? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Californian Kenyan DJ?</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/09/19/a-californian-kenyan-dj</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ILRI apparently has an international &#8220;theme night&#8221; once a month (music, food, dancing, socializing, etc). This month is Kenya, and some women in human resources said they want me to be the DJ. Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into? I guess when you walk around speaking Swahili and Sheng and reciting lyrics from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music in Uthiru</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/08/09/music-in-uthiru</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/08/09/music-in-uthiru#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About two weeks ago I moved to Nairobi to start my new job. I live in Nairobi&#8217;s Westlands suburb but I commute daily about 25 minutes to a small town called Uthiru. The first difference I noticed from Tala is that the predominant language is Kikuyu, whereas in Tala it was Kikamba. I&#8217;m not worried, [...]]]></description>
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