Sudanese rap thrives with post-uprising freedoms
RAPPERS in Sudan taking advantage of looser social controls following the 2019 uprising are seeing their scene expand, rapping in public squares and in concert venues about everything from difficult living conditions to relationship problems. Musician Ahmed Mahdy says the increased freedoms allow his rap group Ijraat, or "procedures", to better reflect the issues they see still plaguing Sudan, which is in the grip of a deep economic crisis and is making a shaky transition to democracy. Ahmed Mahdy, Sudanese rapper and member of the band "Procedures" speaks in a recording studio in Khartoum, Sudan August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin…