NPR’s “All Things Considered” had a great show on Friday, in case you missed it. There were two segments that I really loved:
The first, about the Internet in Iran (two of my favorite subjects), called “Internet Popularity Soars in Iran”, featured my second cousin, Karim Sadjadpour, who was quoted as an analyst in the piece.
The second, called Exploring African Hip-Hop, profiled a West African and East African rap group and how rap, in Africa, is starting to really get going and provide biting social commentary. The West African group is Daara J, from Senegal. I loved the piece, my only problem was that the reporter didn’t do enough of their homework to know that the “J” in this context is pronounced in the French way, so exactly like the English letter “G.” There is also a double-entendre in this, because “daara ji” in Wolof, the language the group raps in, means “the school,” relevant because the group aims to “teach” its listeners.
