Nomadic Wax is an international music, film, and events production company specializing in hip-hop and underground music.
Background
Ben Henson founded Nomadic Wax in 1999, while living in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, New York. In the summer of 1999, Henson discovered a local independent hip-hop scene in
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻媞塈 ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''R矇ewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 井仆不丐仆不五 ...
and was inspired by the music which contain politically and socially conscious lyrical content.
Nomadic Wax was founded for the purpose of aiding artists and musicians who use art as a medium of social and political activism. Nomadic Wax expanded to an office in Washington DC, run by Creative Director Magee McIlvaine.
Film and television
Nomadic Wax began working with film in 2007, debuted in the film African Underground: Democracy in Dakar" co-produced with non-profit film company Sol Productions. The film is a feature-length documentary that explores the role of youth hip-hop activism in the 2007 Senegalese elections. On December 11, 2008, Democracy in Dakar was screened on
LinkTV
Link TV, originally WorldLink TV, is a non-commercial American satellite television network providing what it describes as "diverse perspectives on world and national issues." It is carried nationally on DirecTV (ch. 375) and Dish Network (ch. ...
. In 2009, it was screened on
WHUT in Washington DC. Till then, Democracy in Dakar has been shown at film festivals and universities internationally.
Democracy in Haiti
is Nomadic Wax's third documentary project. It follows a variety of young people to examine why Haiti's youth have become so separated from mainstream Haitian society and the democratic system.
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Music organizations based in the United States
Film production companies of the United States
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