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Rapping The News In West Africa

NPR | By Jake Warga

Published January 15, 2015 at 4:46 PM EST

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In Dakar, Senegal, two rappers going by the names Keyti and Xuman offer a summary of the week's news in hip-hop format. Journal Rappé is a short TV show distributed on YouTube with a huge following, especially in West Africa where a majority of the population is under 25.