NewsREST IN POWER
Kofi Annan, the first black African to lead the United Nations, has died at age 80. Mr Annan died in the early hours of Saturday in Switzerland after a short illness, according…
NewsSHUT UP AND DRIVE!
YAAASSSS!! Women across Saudi Arabia now have the chance to legally drive a car. A longstanding policy that has become a global symbol of the oppression towards women in the…
NewsSLAVE REGISTER OPEN TO ALL
The descendants of South American slaves in the Netherlands are being given new insight into the lives of their ancestors. Slave registers in the former Dutch colony of…
NewsWHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THE TRAGIC DEATH OF XXXTENTACION
Monday evening, june 18th, XXXTENTACION was brutally murdered at the age of 20. The internet erupted. The youth was stanning for him and was even calling him the 2pac of the…
NewsISSA RAE TALKS ABOUT NEW SHOW HIM OR HER
Issa Rae has been winning the game for some time now. Her show Insecure speaks on dating while black and the many problems people of color face in any kind of environment.…
NewsForget the bitcoin, the AKoin will be the next best thing to look out for
So upon watching Black Panther this year, if you haven’t seen the movie SHAME SHAME, naah just kidding, but we advise you to do so. Anyway back to the story, did you for a…
NewsVIRGIL ABLOH DEBUT LOUIS VUITTON MEN'S SS19 COLLECTION
And everyone from Rihanna, Pharell to even Kanye West were there to support a brother's succes. tears were shed. Virgil Abloh has taken a next step in his very succesful…
NewsMH17 WAS SHUT DOWN ACCORDING TO DUTCH INVESTIGATORS
Dutch investigators say that they have uncovered hard evidence that a Russian army missile system fired the missile that shot down flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine four years…
NewsColin Kaepernick Receives Amnesty International's Highest Honor
The American football-player, Colin Kaepernick, got Amnesty International’s Highest Honor for his commitment to equal civil rights in the United States and his fight against…
NewsApparently the Lighter the better according to Heineken
Heineken retracts ad after twitter backlash from Chance the Rapper. The add which portrays a bartender sliding a bottle of beer across a room where it passes several people of…
News10.000 people marched in remembrance of Marielle Franco
On Wednesday March 14 th politician Marielle Franco was gunned down along with her chauffeur. Marielle Franco was a hero in her country Brazil. A symbol for the fight against…
NewsIslam a piggyback to free pr?
Is a pr budget a thing of the past? It seems so in The Netherlands. For the municipal council elections, political parties are running the last leg of the race. Vote is to be…
NewsWizkid, SZA and many more headlining AfroPunk Paris
This week AfroPunk Paris announced its headliners. Main attraction Wizkid, SZA, D’Angelo and Damian Marley are all set to perform at this year’s festival which are being held…
NewsThe Golden Boy is back
Last night Moroccan fighter Badr Hari made his comeback in the ring fighting and wining against Hesdy Gerges (The Netherlands). Building up to the fight Badr seemed very much…
NewsOutstanding Debut BAFTA goes to Rungano Nyoni
Rungano Nyoni won the BAFTA award for best Outstanding Debut for the movie I Am Not a Witch . A film about a young girl, Shula, being accused and found guilty of witch…
NewsBlack Panther smashing Box Offices
If you haven’t heard about the release of Black Panther, you must have been living under a stone. But the most anticipated movie of the year is living up to it's name and…
NewsMHD & WIZKID WORKING ON HITS
MHD teased his followers on IG by showing a clip of him alongside Wizkid with #2018ForReal. Will this mean that they might be working on a hit? We sure hope so, since we are…
NewsTWIRLING ON BEYONCE THAT'S HOW YOU STEAL THE SHOW
Who runs the Olymics: Maé Bérénice Méité. Maé Bérénice Méité, a figure skater representing France at the Winter Olympics performed her set to a couple of Beyonce classics and…
NewsAkwasi Frimpong making history upcoming Thursday at the Winter Olympics
The name Akwasi Frimpong might not directly sound familiar. But he is the epitome of the strong shall persevere. Akwasi is the only Ghanaian participating currently at the…
NewsQUEER UNIVERSITIES IS LOOKING FOR YOU
Did you always wanted to make a film on Gender equality, LGBTQIA+ and/or disabilities? Check this latest opportunity send to us by our friend Wanlov! <3 Alkebulan is about…
NewsRAY FUEGO DROPS NEW PROJECT ZWART
Dutch artist Ray Fuego releases his new project called Zwart. Ray Fuego is an artist that does not look and act like the status quo and that is what we love about him. This new…
GeneralDUTCH ARTIST AMARTEY TV DEBUT ON DWDD
Yesterday Dutch artist and friend of Alkebulan Amartey made his debut on Dutch National TV . After his winning performance at the international industry festival - Noorderslag…
GeneralExcuse your privilege, madam
‘’Oh, you study political science? Well you are lucky, I bet you’ll get no trouble finding a job’’, the mother of nice-looking 14-year old blonde girl, whom I just met in line…
GeneralHow I rekindled with hiphop by watching the women of Love & Hip Hop
Call me old-fashioned but I don’t fucks with the 'chains, Bugatti’s and million dollar rings' kind of hiphop. I fell in love with the hiphop of Common. The way he used a…
NewsPHILOU LOUZOLO NEW CURATOR FOR 22TRACKS
We are very proud to say that Philou Louzolo, family member of Alkebulan since day one, will be curating his very own playlist on 22tracks in Amsterdam. Philou Louzolo bleeped…
NewsPHILOU LOUZOLO IS AN ONE OF A KIND MAN THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
For the Alkebulan project West African EP, Philou Louzolo teamed up with Rapper Cool joe . The track will soon be released on Spotify and other streaming sites. But before all…
NewsGHANA IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD
Last year I found myself at a festival in Denmark. This in itself was a musical experience, but what really put a smile on my face was that Ghanaian Hiplife music pumped out of…
NewsTHE RELEASE OF ALKEBULAN'S FIRST MUSIC VIDEO
We launched our very first music video with Alkebulan artist Philou Louzolo ft Cool Joe and Elvira. The concept behind Beng Beng Beng is pretty simple, get into that summer…
GeneralWE HAD OUR VERY FIRST SHOWCASE
Thursday 7 May we released the Alkebulan Project, numerous artists from various areas of Africa joined together and celebrated the release. We celebrated this fine night with…
GeneralWHY RUDY THINKS THE ALKEBULAN PROJECT IS NECESSARY
Our culture is varied and miscellaneous, it is a product of a diverse continent, which creates a talented population, that today lives and works in Africa and the African…