KENYAN PRESENTS NEW ALJAZEERA DOCUMENTARY

Kenyan rapper based in Germany K-Nel will be the host for an Al Jazeera TV documentary that features the lives of Africans in Europe. The documentary called Suprising Europe uses the soundtrack by the same name from the rapper.
The pilot for the 7-part series will started airing Thursday August 11, 2010 for the international viewers on DUTCH TV and will later be distributed in Africa.
The documentary addresses an African audience who need to be informed about what life is really like in Europe. It does this through candid and in-depth interviews with legal and illegal immigrants.



Hot Secrets got an exclusive peek at the first episode that follows the adventures of a Ugandan migrant named Ssuuna a successful photojournalist in Uganda who left his career for greener pastures in Amsterdam. He ends up looking for any job and ends up a housekeeper.
Others include a Ghanaian who lives on the streets and begs money to buy food but will never go home to his family – nor do they know that he is destitute. The series also addresses the rampant racism against immigrants and interracial dating.
It brings out the deeper human side of immigration and clearly sends out a message that Europe is ‘not the paradise it is painted out to be’, as one immigrant put it.

TIM NJIRU TO RETURN IN NEW SEASON OF ARTSWORLD

Tim Njiru popularized art shows on local TV stations and soon he will be hitting the screens a fresh this year for the second installment of Al Jazeera’s Artsworld Show, as the Kenyan presenter.
Artsworld is a cultural show that seeks to examine how the arts are used to bring about social change, highlight stories that change perceptions about the world we live in and allow for a greater understanding of other cultures and traditions.
Tim’s stories last season included the matatu culture which is unique to the roads of Kenya. He also had a chat with gospel singer from the Group Maximum Melodies on the importance of having their videos played in the matatus.
This time round Tim is tight lipped on what features he has shot for the new season but says you should watch it for yourself.
The show runs each week on Al Jazeera.

Aljazeera documentary soundtrack is Kenyan

Kenyan based in Germany K-Nel is over the moon after his new single was picked as the soundtrack in an Al Jazeera TV documentary.
His latest track Suprising Europe will be used in the documentary set to be launched early 2010. K-Nel who was recently in the country, took part in a Green Belt Movement campaign in August to save the drying up Chania Falls in Thika. He also held a benefit concert dubbed the Kenyawood Tour proceeds of which went to the IDPs.
In a release sent out, K-Nel says, “This is one of the greatest achievement in my musical career and would like to thank our Heavenly Father for making this possible. A video for the track will be shot in January.”
He has also released a single featuring Abbas Kubaff and Bobby Slic dubbed Public Statement. K-Nel also dabbles in the clothing line business Angohili Collection.