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Nomadic Wax is an international music, film, and events production company specializing in hip-hop and underground music.[1]

Background

Ben Henson founded Nomadic Wax in 1999, while living in Brooklyn, New York. In the summer of 1999, Henson discovered a local independent hip-hop scene in Senegal and was inspired by the music which contain politically and socially conscious lyrical content.[2] Nomadic Wax was founded for the purpose of aiding artists and musicians who use art as a medium of social and political activism. Nomadic Wax expanded to an office in Washington DC, run by Creative Director Magee McIlvaine.[3]

Film and television

Nomadic Wax began working with film in 2007, debuted in the film “African Underground: Democracy in Dakar" [4] co-produced with non-profit film company Sol Productions. The film is a feature-length documentary that explores the role of youth hip-hop activism in the 2007 Senegalese elections. On December 11, 2008, “Democracy in Dakar” was screened on LinkTV.[5] In 2009, it was screened on WHUT in Washington DC. Till then, “Democracy in Dakar” has been shown at film festivals and universities internationally.[6]

“Democracy in Haiti” [7] is Nomadic Wax's third documentary project. It follows a variety of young people to examine why Haiti's youth have become so separated from mainstream Haitian society and the democratic system.

Notes

  1. ^ Sherwood, Seth (6 December 2009). "The Songs of Senegal". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Ben Herson". Ben Herson. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  3. ^ Currier, Cora (21 April 2009). "Democracy, on Mic and on Camera | The Nation". ((cite magazine)): Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ^ "Democracy in Dakar". nomadicwax.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14.
  5. ^ "Link TV | Programs | Democracy in Dakar". www.linktv.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-12.
  6. ^ "Democracy in Dakar". sol-productions.info. Archived from the original on 2011-01-02.
  7. ^ "A documentary film project about youth, hip-hop and politics in Haiti". democracyinhaiti.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25.


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