Music Videos

Cultural Video Foundation promote African artists by producing their music videos.

CVF has already been working with different Kenyan, Burundian and Nigerian musicians.

Kidz 4 Kidz - Wafalme This song has been written by Wafalme to support the kids of Haiti after the terrible 2010 earthquake. Wafalme, First Prize Winner of the MTV Positive Change Award, are a music group from the slums of Nairobi. They are 15 in number and their average age is 12. They use their music and talent to spread positive message to the world. Produced by Cultural Video Foundation with the support of UNON, Slum Talent Trust and Sarakasi Trust. Nairobi, Kenya, 2010
Trash is Cash - Wafalme Trash is Cash video truck is part of CVF Trash is Cash project. The song has been written by Zudy Tende + Wafalme a music group of 15 kids from the slums of Nairobi.It talks about pollution and the recycling solutions. The core idea behind this song is to highlight the problems that climate change is causing in people’s daily lives. Acute water shortages and a lack of renewable energy sources make life hard across Kenya. The video truck Trash is Cash has won the MTV Positive Change Award at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, December 2009. Supported by Cultural Video Foundation and Slum Talent Trust. Nairobi, Kenya, 2009
Maskani – Ukooflani Ukooflani is a combination of diverse talents which was founded in the Coastal town of Mombasa, Kenya in 1996. Ukoo Flani has been described as a revolutionary hip-hop movement led by thirteen self-proclaimed soldiers who use hip-hop music as a tool to wage war against social injustice and inequality in their native Kenya. Maskani is a participatory music video about the public spaces of Mombasa city. This music video has been produced during the “Kuona Trust Urban Wasanii Workshop 2008” in Mombasa and released in occasion of the exhibition “African Maximalism 2009” at the Goethe Institut of Nairobi. The video is part of the Maskani project, a project about public art and public space that CVF is developing together with the Ukooflani hip hop music group. Mombasa, Kenya, 2009
Shuhudia - Ukooflani Mau Mau Ukooflani Mau Mau are a 24 members hip hop music group founded in Nairobi. The name UKOOFLANI is an acronym that reads Upendo Kote Olewenu Ombeni Funzo La Aliyetuumba Njia Iwepo, i.e. love everywhere all who seek teachings of the creator; there is a way. The objectives of the group are quality enhancement to enable hiphop to be the language to pass the real/true message to society. From Dandora slum in Nairobi, Mc Kah shares with us his vision: a future where Africa could be united instead of being devided by borders. Dandora, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009
Usife Moyo – Mababa Squad The first music video of Mababa Squad (the team of fathers), an hip hop music group from Huruma a neighborhood of Easter Nairobi. The song Usife Moyo means don't lose hope in life, despite the ups and downs you can still make it. This video has been produced during the filming of Tourists 4 Development, CVF project about responsible tourism in East Africa. Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008
Nalia Mimi – New Music Boys The first music video of New Music Boys, a talented hip hop music group founded by three street children from Bujumbura, Burundi: Deragakura Gaston aka Ng2, Mbabarempore Michel aka Dogo B, Cishahayo Vianey aka Gia Mix. The song is a mix of Kiswahili and Kirundi and it's a statement against the people who have forgotten the children of the war. This video has been produced during the filming of Tourists 4 Development, CVF project about responsible tourism in East Africa. Bujumbura, Burundi, 2007
Ghetto Faboulas - Ukooflani Mau Mau Ukooflani Mau Mau are a 24 members hip hop music group founded in Nairobi. The name UKOOFLANI is an acronym that reads Upendo Kote Olewenu Ombeni Funzo La Aliyetuumba Njia Iwepo, i.e. love everywhere all who seek teachings of the creator; there is a way. The objectives of the group are quality enhancement to enable hiphop to be the language to pass the real/true message to society. Ghetto Faboulas has been completely produced in the ghetto area of Dandora, Nairobi, Kenya. Dandora, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007
Stay Strong - Washefah Ukooflani Mau Mau Ukooflani Mau Mau are a 24 members hip hop music group founded in Nairobi. The name UKOOFLANI is an acronym that reads Upendo Kote Olewenu Ombeni Funzo La Aliyetuumba Njia Iwepo, i.e. love everywhere all who seek teachings of the creator; there is a way. The objectives of the group are quality enhancement to enable hiphop to be the language to pass the real/true message to society. Hip-Hop Gospel song from the slum of Dandora. Dandora, Nairobi, Kenya, 2007