African Hip Hop Indaba

African Hip Hop Indaba 9 June - 27 August 2006

Step 1 - Western Cape Heal The Hood Schools Tour

7th February 2006  24th March 2006 tour of 40 schools throughout the Western Cape

Hip Hop Youth Camp in Stellenbosch end of February

Reaching an estimate of 30 000 youths

Performances and demonstration at the Cape Festival

Our Hip Hop Festival at Artscapes at the end of March

Step 2 - Heal the Hood School Tour

April 2006 - June 2006 tour 60 schools throughout the Western Cape

2 students are chosen to travel to Sweden from 18th May - 28th May 2006 and a documentary is made about them locally to show where they aer from.

The while they are on tour they footage is also documented of their experience.

16th June Youth Day Celebrations at the Good Hope Centre.

An estimated 70 000 youth will be reached

Step 3 - National Tour

09th June 2006 (Fri) Worcester

10th June 2006 (Sat) Robertson

17th June 2006 (Sat) Mossel Bay

23rd June 2006 (Fri) Port Elizabeth

24th June 2006 (Sat) Grahamstown

30th June 2006 (Fri) East London

1st July 2006 (Sat) Transkei

7th July 2006 (Fri) Durban

8th July 2006 (Sat) Guatang/ JHB

9th July 2006 (Sun) Pretoria

14th July 2006 (Fri) Bloemfontein

15th July 2006 (Sat) Kimberley

An estimated 115 500 people reached on tour

Step 4 - African Hip Hop Youth Conference on Robben Island.

19/20th August 2006 Fri/Sat.

Delegates head for Robben Island

Meet and greet

21st - 24th Aug 2006

Workshops on Poverty Alleviation, African Hip Hop Youth Network, etc (as above).

Screening of video documentaries from Africa and other underground hip hop scenes

25th Aug 2006

Morning delegates leave for accomodation in the city and workshops at Indaba .

A small group of 50 local and international delegates

Step 5 - National Finals 25th Aug 2006 & 26th & 1st African Hip Hop Awards on 27th Aug 2006 in Cape Town

25th August 2006 (Fri), Drommedaries Hall  Good Hope Centre

Workshops on Hip Hop eg DJ, MC, Graff, B-boy

Regional MC and DJ Battle Eliminations

National MC and DJ Final Battle

26th August 2006 (Sat)

Main Hall  Goode Hope Centre

Workshops on Hip Hop eg DJ, MC, Graff, B-boy

Hip Hop New Skool Dance Champs

Regional Breakdance Eliminations

National Breakdance Final and team selection

27th August 2006 (Sun),

African Hip Hop Awards  Joseph Stone Auditorium or Artscapes

28th August 2006 (Mon)

African Delegates return to their countries

An estimated 6 - 10 000 people participate in this event

Step 6 - World Breakdance Championships (Battle of the Year), hosted in Germany

Since 1997 we have been sending a team to represent South Africa at this event in Germany and also buy the rights to host the South African eliminations and fly in the German Judge.