In our class we talk a lot about different forms of media and how it portrays a message. One form that is personally one of my favorite is music. One of the more recent artist's that I started listening to is K'naan, many of you should recognize his song "Waving Flag", which was the song of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. However the original song, I think is much better and tells a bit of the struggle that he has gone through in his life. K'naan was born in Mogadishu, Somalia and later moved to New York and then Canada, learning English only by listening to rap music and mimicking the language.
A lot of his music is telling of the struggle of life in Somalia and truly gives a lyrical perspective what life is like in Somalia.
The video below is from the NPR Tiny Desk Concert Series and it features three of his songs along with some good commentary by K'naan and the members of NPR.
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