africa Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/africa/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png africa Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/africa/ 32 32 Introduction to Kenya’s First Deaf Professional Rapper https://deafniche.com/introduction-kenyas-first-deaf-professional-rapper/ https://deafniche.com/introduction-kenyas-first-deaf-professional-rapper/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2017 22:27:10 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=9823 Before he became Lal Daggy, Douglas Munyendo was listening and dancing to various musicians who came on the radio and televisions as a child in Nairobi, Kenya. It was when he was five years old that he became very sick and lost his hearing. A childhood of music quickly silenced After becoming deaf, he was […]

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