Ouaga Hip Hop

Film

by Benny Malapa

Details

Burkina Faso, Cameroon and France / 2012 / 52mins / Documentary / French, Wolof, Mooré, Jula and Bambara

This documentary shows how the Hip Hop Festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, enables dancers, actors, and rappers from France and West Africa to meet and exchange ideas.

About the Director

Benny Malapa

Benny Malapa is a scriptwriter and a director. Having a specific interest in rap music, he is also the creator of the “Hip-Hop Label” and “Label Sensitive Music”. Benny Malapa was one of the first rap producers in France. After 10 years in the music industry, he decided to stop in 1998 and make his dream come true: be the director of a rap and soul musical movie. His films include Rapbizz (2002), Ouaga Hip Hop (2004) and La Solution (2005). Learn More