The ethnic violence that devastated the central African states of Burundi and Rwanda in the 90s claimed the lives of more than a million people and created many more refugees. One of them was Gaël Faye, a French-Rwandan rapper who expresses his feelings toward his birth country in this beautiful song.
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Caption 20 [fr]: Et nous voilà perdus dans les rues de Saint-Denis Caption 20 [en]: And here we are lost in the streets of Saint-Denis
Enjoy Oldelaf's quirky humor, as displayed in his introduction to his two backup musicians who come from wildly different backgrounds, to say the least. Then listen to his satirical song "Vendredi" (Friday), where he describes a typical weekend for the average bored (and boring?) French guy.
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Caption 10 [fr]: Voilà! Mes deux comparses Alain et... et Charles Bertier. Caption 10 [en]: Here they are! My two stooges Alain and... and Charles Bertier.