The UK-based rising artist talks to TRT World about seeking justice for his father's murder, the meaning of his lyrics and his hope for Sudan's future.
The UK-based rising artist talks to TRT World about seeking justice for his father's murder, the meaning of his lyrics and his hope for Sudan's future.UK-born Sudanese rapper Blak-Ram stands in front of a mural in Sudan in May 2019. The mural says "The December Youth Revolution" .
Following the failed coup attempt, Youssif and other military officers were tried in a mock court and ordered to lie in a ditch before being killed by a firing squad, some buried alive. A file photo taken on September 22, 2017 shows Sudanese deposed President Omar al-Bashir delivering a speech during a visit to the village of Bilel in South Darfur, near the Kalma camp for displaced people .
And it was at the end of Ramadan when the current civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces began, in April 2023."In Sudan, violence always seems to happen in Ramadan," Blak-Ram toldSudanese protesters march during a demonstration to commemorate the 40 days anniversary of the sit-in massacre in Khartoum North, Sudan July 13, 2019 .
"Many of my family members who I was in regular contact with have evacuated to Egypt and the Gulf. They spent a long time stranded in Port Sudan waiting for their visas."Blak-Ram said he remembers spending a lot of his teenage years dreaming about avenging his father and the other officers. And he still wonders how life would have been different if his mother had never left Sudan with him as a one-year-old.
Blak-Ram began his musical career in late 2010, but it was only when Sudan had its revolution in 2018 that his lyrics took a political turn.Blak-Ram and his cousin join protests in their district in Sudan in October 2021 .
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