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How Music Has Influenced Behaviour During COVID-19 in Liberia

By Nyema Richards and Sanjeeta Pant When Rap2Rep (now Voice2Rep or “Voice to Represent”) started in Liberia in 2015, it was a relatively small campaign to encourage creative activism among young people using Hip-Co- a popular Liberian genre often referred to as the ‘political music’. The campaign has since expanded to Nigeria and Zimbabwe, and, most recently, has also gained international attention. The campaign in Liberia was named by the UN as one of the finalists for the SDG Action Awards for “harnessing conscious music as a tool for social change through the platform of youth participation.” Voice2Rep was specifically [...]

2021-02-23T17:01:35+00:0023rd February 2021|

Rap2Rep Liberia changes name to Voice2Rep

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monrovia, February 1 2021 - Accountability Lab Liberia, a nonprofit institution that makes governance work for people, announced today that it has changed the name of its Rap2Rep conscious music campaign to Voice2Rep.  The name change reflects the different genres of music that we’ve started attracting in our call for applications, which include hipco, rap, soul and pop. It is geared at having a more diverse campaign which stands to make the Voice2Rep campaign more meaningful for a larger proportion of the Liberian youth community that it is targeted at. It also aligns the Liberian campaign with other [...]

2021-02-14T02:45:34+00:001st February 2021|

Bonne is Voice2Rep winner

RISING gospel musician Sarah Bonne shrugged off stiff competition from nine other contestants to clinch an investment package into her music career equivalent to US$1 500 and a video recording gig at the Shoko Festival as the winner of the inaugural Voice to Represent (Voice2Rep) competition held on Wednesday, in Harare. By Kennedy Nyavaya. The Voice2Rep is a new annual programme under Magamba Network’s Arts for Change initiative in conjunction with Accountability Lab that supports the extensive amplification of youthful voices as well as participation in national processes through music. In October, 10 finalists were chosen from over 300 entries [...]

2021-03-30T13:47:49+00:0020th November 2020|

Voice2Rep Launches Second Edition in Abuja

Abuja, October 3 – Voice to Represent (“Voice2Rep”) - Nigeria’s flagship campaign to identify, support and connect young talented artists to increase civic awareness through music and advocate for greater accountability, equality and democracy in Nigeria - officially commences its 2019/2020 edition today. The campaign, currently in its second year, is a project of Accountability Lab Nigeria, sponsored by the Embassy of the Netherlands and Luminate group, with support from Chocolate City Music group and Don’t Drop The Mic Entertainment. The campaign’s second edition is themed “Women's Rights” and will be geared towards enlisting talented aspiring young musicians to use [...]

2019-10-03T00:00:00+00:003rd October 2019|

Voice2Rep Album

  Voice to Represent (“Voice2Rep”) is a first of its kind music competition searching for top first-time WaZoBia-Pidgin English music artists who support greater representation, participation and accountability across Nigeria. It gives these rising stars a platform to make their voices heard, connect with socially-conscious leaders in the music industry, and build the skills they need to shape the future of the country through music. #Voice2Rep is run by Accountability Lab Nigeria in partnership with the Dutch Embassy Chocolate City – one of the largest music platforms and entertainment companies on the African continent.

2020-03-03T19:56:22+00:0031st January 2019|
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