Brothers Keepers is a German-based transnational anti-racism project, bringing together hip hop, reggae and soul musicians, headed primarily by Afro-Germans. The concept of transnationalism is focused on the heightened interconnectivity between people all around the world and the loosening of boundries between countries. ... Anti-racism refers to beliefs, actions, movements, and policies adopted or developed to oppose racism. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... Soul music is a combination of rhythm and blues and gospel which began in the late 1950s in the United States. ... Afro-Germans (in German Afro-Deutsche) are defined as the Black African community and diaspora in Germany. ...

The idea for the project took root in the 1990s, and when a German of Mozambiquan origin, named Alberto Adriano, was brutally killed by neo-Nazis in Dessau (East Germany) in 2000, a group of musicians decided to organize and fight back. Brothers Keepers has local groups active in information campaigns, presenting teach-ins at schools etc. However the project primarily gained prominence in Germany through the collaborative album, Lightkultur. The title is a pun on conservative politician Günther Beckstein’s term "deutsche Leitkultur" ("German leading culture"), demanding that foreigners subject themselves to the Democratic state-organization of Germany. The album features German musicians such as Torch, Samy Deluxe, Afrob, Denyo from the Beginner and D-Flame. The proceeds of this album went to charity. See also 1990s, the band Seinfeld was a pop cultural phenomenon during the 90s and became one of the most popular TV programs ever. ... Motto: n/a Anthem: Pátria Amada (formerly Viva, Viva a FRELIMO) Capital Maputo Largest city Maputo Official language(s) Portuguese Government Republic  - President Armando Guebuza  - Prime Minister Luísa Diogo Independence    - From Portugal June 25, 1975  Area    - Total 801,590 km² (35th)   309,496 sq mi   - Water (%) 2. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. ... GDR redirects here. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Günther Beckstein is a Bavarian politician from the CSU party. ... Frederick Hahn, better known by his stage name Torch, is a German rapper with Haitian roots from Heidelberg. ... Samy Deluxe live Samuel Sorge (born 1977), commonly known as Samy Deluxe, and occasionally as Sam Semilia, is an Afro-German hip hop artist and producer from Hamburg. ... Robert Zemichiel (born 1977 in Italy), better known by his stage-name, Afrob, is an Afro-German rapper from Stuttgart. ... Beginner (formerly Absolute Beginner - note that Beginner is the German plural) is the name of a German rap group from Hamburg, consisting of Jan Eißfeldt, Denyo and DJ Mad Band history The group was founded as Absolute Beginners in 1991, initially with six members: Jan, Denyo, Mardin, DJ Burn, Nabil... Daniel Kretschmar (b. ... A charitable trust (or charity) is a trust organized to serve private or public charitable purposes. ...

The lyrics on the album are influenced by Black Power rhetoric and are militantly anti-Nazi, proposing solutions to racism ranging from education to armed resistance. The militancy is especially well illustrated in the German TOP 10 hit "Adriano", a seven minute tour de force produced by DJ Desue, featuring the crème of German rap. Its video shows a procession of rappers, marching as a united front and the chorus, sung by Indian-descended R&B star Xavier Naidoo, goes thus: The classic image of the Black Power Movement. ... The word militant has come to refer to any individual or party engaged in aggressive physical or verbal combat, normally for a cause. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... A resistance movement is a non-military group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. ... German hip hop is the German manifestation of hip hop music. ... A music video (also promo) is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Xavier Naidoo was born in Mannheim, Germany on October 2, 1971. ...

Das ist so 'was wie eine letzte Warnung, / Denn unser Rückschlag ist längst in Planung. / Wir fall’n darein, wo ihr auffallt, / Wir bieten eurer braunen Scheiße endlich Aufhalt. / Denn was ihr sucht, ist das Ende. / Und was wir leisten, sind geballte Fäuste und keine Hände. / Euer Niedergang für immer! / Und was wir hören werden, ist euer Weinen und euer Gewimmer.

"This is something like a final warning, / As we have been planning our counterstrike for a long time. / We intervene where you emerge, / At last, we offer resistance to your brown shit. / ‘Cause what you want is the end. / And what we offer are clenched fists and not our hands. / Your downfall forever! / And what we’ll hear is your crying and your whimpering."

The project is not limited to Germany. It focuses on manifestations of the African diaspora throughout the world and is supported by international artists such as Jamaican reggae musician Ziggy Marley and Senegalese mbalax musician Youssou N'Dour. There is also a UK Brothers Keepers, which, while lacking the organizational superstructure of its German counterpart, contributed a track to Lightkultur. The African diaspora or Afro diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and culture of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the Americas, (including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) Europe and Asia . ... David Ziggy Marley (born October 17, 1968, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican musician, the oldest son of Rita and Bob Marley. ... Mbalax is a genre of popular music developed in Senegal and Gambia. ... Youssou NDour Youssou NDour (born October 1, 1959 in Dakar) is a Senegalese singer. ...

There is also a female version of this Movement/Band called the Sisters Keepers. Both projects have recently been heavily criticised for accused black-power hipocrisy (criticising White Power individuals, while proudly calling themselves "Niggers" and screaming "Black Power").

External links

• Brothers Keepers Homepage (German)
• Serrurier