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Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org
In Uganda, hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, known
as MC Flower,
appears on stage with Nigerian-German
hip hop artist Nneka on the left and hip hop artist Keko
on the right in the sunglasses.
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By
Bwette Daniels Gilbert
Bwette Daniels Gilbert
Senior
Reporter
Reporter
KAMPALA,
Uganda – Nine-year-old Ugandan hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, who uses the
stage name MC Flower, is taking her country by storm.
Uganda – Nine-year-old Ugandan hip hop artist Asolo Vannessa, who uses the
stage name MC Flower, is taking her country by storm.
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| Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org
MC Flower performs
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She’s
a celebrity not only at Makindye Junior School, where she was just voted the
entertainment minister for the second time, but in her community and
nationally, as she is hitting every Ugandan television station.
She
chose her stage name, she said, because her name Vannessa means flower.
chose her stage name, she said, because her name Vannessa means flower.
Vanessa
lives in the Lukuli zone and Makindye division of Kampala, the capital city in Uganda.
lives in the Lukuli zone and Makindye division of Kampala, the capital city in Uganda.
To
her, Earth Day might be a day where people around the world may discuss things
affecting the Earth, whether it be littering garbage, deforestation or other
worries.
her, Earth Day might be a day where people around the world may discuss things
affecting the Earth, whether it be littering garbage, deforestation or other
worries.
Last
year for Earth Day she said, a journalist friend, Grace Atuhaire, brought trees
for them to plant in the community.
year for Earth Day she said, a journalist friend, Grace Atuhaire, brought trees
for them to plant in the community.
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Bwette Daniels Gilbert / youthjournalism.org
Hip hop artist MC Flower, in the center, sits with her sister,
Gift, on the left, and her father, Major Okoth, who is a major
in the Uganda People’s Defence Force and a lawyer.
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It was fun, she said.
This
year, she wants to use her music to inform her friends and other children about
the dangers of cutting down trees.
year, she wants to use her music to inform her friends and other children about
the dangers of cutting down trees.
They
might also pick up rubbish from the schoolyard if they’re allowed, she said.
might also pick up rubbish from the schoolyard if they’re allowed, she said.
In addition, this year, she’s been invited to perform at a special Earth Day event.
This is great, a hip hop artist that has to do with the environment and not bling bling bling!
I agree with the previous commenter! Also, a video of her performance would be great!