GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!!

About Me

ShakaRa is the son of renowned communityactivist Brother Leader Mbandaka and is an experienced multi-faceted performer. Born Tafadzwa Nyasha Payam Mbandaka, he has been performing for most of his years. As experienced actor he has appeared in numerous community productions with the Soul Force Panthers (a performing arts group of Afrikan young people), in which he acted, directed and also wrote. A developing Producer, ShakaRa's music fuses elements of Hip-hop, reggae, RnB, jazz & Afrobeat, aswell as his own unique mastery of Afrikan Drumming, all of which he brings to his poetic flow. He has been a revelation in the spoken word scene since his emergence at the end of 2003, and has become well known for his ability to address everyday issues in an exciting, challenging, and uncompromising way, that is both is both inspirational and informative. Living true to the title of Spoken Word Activist, ShakaRa' work continues on & off the stage. He currently teaches at the Alkebu-Lan Accademy of Excellence (saturday School), and has been into many schools across the country, delivering workshops primarily aimed at inspiraing and motivating Black Young People. He is now 1/4th of the formidable spoken word collective Best Kept Secret, consisting of himself, AmeN NoiR, OneNess, & TuggS.T.A.R, all of whom have been his main influences & inspirations as a poet. ShakaRas poetic expression is rooted in Afrikan cultural forms and is wholly consistent with the community activism that has shaped his life.I'm an African!!!! | TENDAI MWARI

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Member Since: 3/23/2006
Band Website: bestkeptsecretbks.com
Band Members: "Any Afrikan who says to themselves I AIN'T NO AFRIKAN is a STUPID Afrikan because any Afrikan knowing anything about Afrika would be so proud to be an Afrikan, that they would not allow ANYBODY to mistake them for anything else" - Kwame Ture
Influences:My Cuzin JAHNOI- smakin it spoken word style!!!! Jahnoi - Who Am I ( Live!! ) CLIP

Add to My Profile | More VideosTuggstar Indpendence Poem: The Return Leg

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My Blog

Lost Love

More and more in life, I realise how important it is for nothing to happen before its time. There's a purity about something that happens just at the right moment, which made be completely lost otherw...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:52:00 PST

Big Up!

I love my peoples! Obviously this includes my collectively people i.e. Black people.... but specifically now I wanna send a big up to those who have most contributed to who I is. Wanna big up my ...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:20:00 PST

Nguzo Saba (Kwanzaa)

For all those who dont know, Kwanzaa is a celebration of Afrikan people, Afrikan culture, & our many achievements. It was developed in order to reconnect Black people all over the world with ...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:10:00 PST

I BEEN HACKED!!!!

Apologies to all those who been gettin weird ass comments from me! Account obviously got hacked. Please feel free to removed any comments in my name concerning whos cute an fancies you or wateva. In t...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:32:00 PST

2 me 2 b bothered....(prelude)

I'm 2 me 2 b bothered..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 2 me 2 b bothered I'm just 2 me 2 b& 2 me 2 b concerned Cuz for everything I am, I have been burne...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:49:00 PST

jus da way it is.......(inside)

ok so every now then I spill out on a page & leave it messy. this ones probably been brewing for over a year now, when i started i had alot more to say still, but it stoped me so I stoped. ra...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:50:00 PST

The New Epidemic

There seems to be a new epidemic going round. I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed, but its currently only known as any Black Male MC with a seemingly "conscious" profile, do a song with any white ...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:36:00 PST

Yaa Asante Waa

Blessings Fam! Jus Paying tribute to the spirit of strong Afrikan Womanhood! Been kinda surrounded by the energy, weather its going to ALD in Birmingham an hearing speakers, listening Sista...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:24:00 PST

The Fictition Of Abolition

Tendai MWARI The British Society is pumping a BIG LIE for this year. They wish to promote this false idea that they abolished the slave trade, and there by painting a picture of themselves as the "Jes...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:04:00 PST

NUBIAN ALL STARZ!!!!

The last few days have been an amazingly humbling experience. I had the pleasure of spending time in Nottingham for 2 nites of Lyrically Deep II. A doulble bill featuring the NUBIAN ALL STARZ, an...
Posted by GANGLAND- 30th & 31st MAY- be there!!! on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:37:00 PST