[IDT] Workshop 4
The most interesting thing I learned about the Maasai people/culture today is that the women are preferred to not have hair while for guys it’s just the opposite, mainly because in most of the other cultures that I can think of from around the world I don’t think they believe that.
There are a lot of similarities between Tanzanian hip hop and American hip hop- like some of the clothes, the sound and tone to the voice, the beat, and overall concept, but they have somewhat different meanings to the songs. Plus the one from Tanzania has tribal calls, and chants, and they sometimes were traditional clothing.
At the end of the month when we meet Gsan in here in Chicago at the Field Museum I
would probably ask what inspired his group to form the group itself, and how many other groups from Tanzania there are.
-Jessica
