Last week, four WBL staff members and teachers traveled to Uganda for five days to work with and experience the country’s growing hip-hop culture. As WBL’s second trip to Uganda, the trip focused on solidifying and creating relationships with young artists in Uganda’s first ever hip-hop generation. Working with The Bavubuka Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes youth empowerment through art, WBL led classes on songwriting, emceeing and b-boying, playing the role of both teacher and student in this cross-cultural conversation.
One of the primary goals of WBL is to help facilitate positive hip-hop growth and to see it in action is a reward in itself. Being able to connect with people halfway around the world through not just the elements of hip-hop, but through the creative arts in general is both inspiring and humbling. It’s a reminder that this work is worth doing and worth doing well.
