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Posts in Category ‘music’

  • July 6, 2010
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Poop piki piki for my biogas system

Piki piki means motorbike in Kiswahili This gadget was created to solve a real problem with biogas – getting the dung to the system quickly and efficiently. Motorbikes are the taxi’s of Africa so why not? Before I tell you … Read more →

  • Posted in: AfriGadget, Energy, Environment, farming, Gadgets, Jua Kali, Materials, music, Recycle & Reuse, Sanitation, Transportation
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  • July 16, 2009
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Plastic Trash Become Drums in West Africa

2000 djembe drums were created from 20 tons of plastic trash. “La Victoire sur les Sachets” is a short video showing their “victory over the plastic bags”. View this movie at cultureunplugged.com

  • Posted in: Ingenuity, Materials, music, Recycle & Reuse
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  • January 20, 2009
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BANG the drum to go to school

Aviwe (10 years) and Fuzile (8years) started their own band! They call them selves “Thandabantu”….this Xhosa word means: “the one who loves people”. Their father died in a car accident a few years ago. Their mother, Cordelia, is injured from … Read more →

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