From the Field: Hip hop artist K’naan's new track hails refugees | UN News
Migrants and Refugees
Award-winning Somali-Canadian artist K’naan Warsame, creator of the chart-topping unofficial World Cup anthem Wavin’ Flag, released Refugee in late June, saying he wants to flip the word’s meaning “and make it something that people will wear proudly”.
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Having performed in nearly 100 countries, made Rolling Stone magazine’s 200 Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time, and recently completed a fellowship at Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, Mr. Warsame is now developing a musical at the Public Theater in New York.
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Award-winning artist K’naan releases a new song honouring refugees.
