Sudanese rap thrives with post-uprising freedoms

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KHARTOUM : Rappers in Sudan taking advantage of looser social controls https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sudan-culture-idUSKBN2132I5 following the 2019 uprising are seeing their scene expand, rapping in public squares and in concert venues about everything from difficult living conditions to relationship proble

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Musician Ahmed Mahdy says the increased freedoms allow his rap group Ijraat, or"procedures", to better reflect the issues they see still plaguing Sudan, which is in the grip of a deep economic crisis and is making a shaky transition to democracy."You see something happening to a homeless child in the street, so you'll reflect that in your music.

"Happiness here is sold by the jerrycan. Women are hungry and the government is out of it," goes one of the group's songs, in a reference to the sale of illegal home-brewed alcohol.Group member Mohab Kabashy, known as Mo3, says they attract fans looking to express their own issues and those of wider society.

Artists performing in Arabic and English release albums through dedicated studios and command large social media followings.

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