Item Archive: Kenya
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Kenyan LGBTQI musician Grammo Suspect receives emergency Covid-19 funding
5 May 2020 Grammo Suspect, a Kenyan LGBTQI rapper, activist and spoken word musician, is one of the first artists to receive an emergency grant from Artists at Risk (AR). The AR Covid-19 Emergency Fund was created to support artists … Continue reading
AR-Safe Haven Berlin Resident – Lil Baliil
Salad Ali, aka Lil Baliil, is a Somali musician, songwriter and performer from Nairobi, Kenya. He is a leading artist in East Africa and a key figure in Somali Afro Pop. Lil Baliil strives to empower and inspire Somali … Continue reading
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Schedule: Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya
Artists at Risk (AR) and its partners have been delighted and amazed by the incredible creative activity of our first resident at AR-Catalonia, Grace Munene, aka Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya. The “Rainbow Ambassador Kenya” has hit the ground … Continue reading
WELCOMING LIL BALIIL TO AR-SAFE HAVEN BERLIN
We warmly welcome Lil Baliil, the Somali Afro-Pop musician from Nairobi, Kenya, to a year-long AR-residency at AR-Safe Haven Berlin. A greatly loved artist among East African youth, Lil Baliil recently won the “East African Song of the Year, … Continue reading
AR Residents Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya and Timeka Suspect
Grammo Suspect – Rainbow Ambassador Kenya is a rapper, spoken-word poet, activist and the founder of Rainbow Talent Kenya, a project which aims to uplift the voices of marginalised LGBTQI+ groups in Kenya. Timeka Suspect is a music video producer … Continue reading
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Tagged #aralumnus, #artistsatrisk, #myidentity, ar safe haven helsinki, AR-Bridging fund, Grammo Suspect, human rights, Kenya, LGBT, lgbti+, LGBTQIA, my identity, pictorial activism, poetry, Rainbow ambassador, rap, timeka suspect