Breakdancing around the World: Uganda

Posted on October 16, 2008

Though breaking started in the Bronx, NY, it has since grown from a U.S. fad to world-wide phenomenon. I‘ll periodically post a “Breaking all over the World” blog to showcase b-boys and b-girls from all around the globe.

All across the U.S., there are community outreach programs that use breaking to help at-risk youth. But what about the rest of the world? The Third World? Can breaking be used to empower youth in war-torn countries in Africa?

Yes it can.

The Breakdance Project Uganda is one such example. Started in 2006 by Ugandan hip-hop artist Abraham “Abramz” Tekya and Irish B-boy Emile Dineen, this program has worked with over 300 underpriveleged youth including AIDS orphans, juvenile prisoners and homeless children. They also partnered with H.E.A.L.S., an NGO based in war-torn, Northern Ugandan, to rehabilitate ex-child soldiers who were abducted and brought into the LRA.

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  1. [...] Breaking all over the World: Uganda [...]

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  2. hey guys.. its so nice and am also one of the founder members of this wonderfull project…….breakdance for a social positive change..
    peace and happiness..

    Comment by abdul muyingo — October 27, 2009 #

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