Denise Chaila is described as “an Afro-Diasporan rapper, singer and poet. From RTÉ Archives, footage of President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia on a visit to Ireland in 1964 (silent footage). In Limerick. Denise Chaila is an Afro-Diasporan singer and poet represented by Narolane Records. We need your consent to load this YouTube content. In her breakthrough track Copper Bullet, Denise Chaila succinctly described the thriving hip-hop scene in Ireland. With as much sincerity as I can muster. Anseo 9. Or can it mean that you choose a city, or a country, it chooses you back. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. For Denise, this is an opportunity for her to expand on a conversation that is important to he… Searching for definitions of ‘home’ that would not require me to deny my experiences and relationships and unique journey in order to fit a mould- a stereotype- of what’s expected of a Zambian or an Irish person. Alongside this nationwide validation for her work, the singer has, like all of us, been contending with Covid. If you are singing Amhrán na bhFiann, you are singing "no more our ancient sireland/ Shall shelter the despot or the slave". Stream Tracks and Playlists from Denise Chaila on your desktop or mobile device. Ba Zambia Chipolopolo. As someone who is so often challenged about their Irishness or referred to as ‘New Irish’ its beautiful to watch history tell me a story like this. Denise Chaila is an Afro-Diasporan rapper, singer and poet. Dr Kenneth David Kaunda, affectionately known as KK or 'The Old Man’ to his closest, was the first president of Zambia and the man who won the freedom of our nation in 1964. Please, The subscription details associated with this account need to be updated. Sometimes smooth and warm, sometimes bloodied and raw, singing the same song that our elders sang. We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. When we recognise that everything they did is within our power to achieve too. Outsider YP 6. Denise recently appeared on RTE's late late show and wowed the audience with her performance. For most of my life I’ve wrestled with the loneliness of migration. There’s a sense of place that grounds you when you’re given permission to tie yourself to the history of a land. Registered in England No. This is our aisling. 128. We have a shared history. Carefully I suppose. In Limerick. They did it because their integrity didn’t demand perfection from them, it just demanded commitment and sincerity. The ‘e’ in Duel Citizenship is deliberate. 240 Followers. She hails from Chikankata, Zambia and is now based in Limerick, Ireland. Describing herself as a “pocket-sized dreamer with a planet-sized voice”, Limerick-based artist Denise Chaila blends rap, spoken word, and Irish and Zambian culture to brilliant effect. Denise Chaila. It’s essential. She then spoke to host Ryan Tubridy about her experience with racism in Ireland. A legion of women's voices in Irish literature, music and poetry will take to the stage and share their voices. The sacred dream that connects Frederick Douglass, Nelson Mandela, Éamon de Valera and Kenneth Kaunda. This is the place where I came to find myself. The rapper-poet’s career took off following her single Chaila, which became a radio hit of the summer. Limerick musician Denise Chaila has urged that racist comments online should not be ignored. She hails from Chikankata, Zambia, and is now based in Limerick, Ireland. Move 5. RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. We need your consent to load this YouTube contentWe use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. The most buzzed Irish artist of 2020, Denise Chaila released not a debut album but a debut mixtape today, that sets out the artist’s intent for herself and her music. Her music blends spoken word and rap to give voice to a transatlantic odyssey exploring identity, belonging, and home from the heart and mind of a diasporan dreamer. October 02, 2020 “I’m all vulnerable all the time and that’s just where I live every day, every second of my life,” says Zambia-born, Limerick-raised rapper Denise Chaila . We need your consent to load this comcast-player content. Together. We’ve covered the background to this point for the Limerick artist, poet and thoughtful speaker extensively to date but by anyone’s standards, pandemic or not, it’s been a marquee year for Chaila. Some are about their supremacy, some are about their resilience, all are calls to distil their legacy into something that can be sung and lived by all of their people. She hails from Chikankata, Zambia and is now based in Limerick, Ireland. Does belonging mean that you must have a certain accent or skin colour or religious belief? I didn’t even know what that meant at the time but it sent a shock of relief and awe through me which was so breathtaking I could’ve cried. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. World-building over 808’s. With a life and a family and hobbies that have little to do with the cataclysmic shifts he created in the lives of everyone in Zambia or in Ireland. Ahead of her appearance at Red Bull Free Gaff, Mike McGrath-Bryan sits down with the Limerick … Pieces 8. Her lyrics are biting insights into “identity, belonging, and home.” Subjects she dissects with the precision of a surgeon. Holy Grail 3. One that says "I will never be conquered again." Denise Chaila is at her producer’s home studio in Limerick, trying to keep her feet on the ground during the whirlwind that has been 2020. Imagine that Michael Collins or Dr Martin Luther King was still alive. Her music blends spoken word and rap to give voice to a transatlantic odyssey exploring identity, belonging, and home. Music was not the career plan for Chaila. We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. It seems strange to imagine that the man who won me my freedom is alive and resting somewhere, 97 years old. We use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. He was loquacious and it didn’t matter because his every word was received with warmth. Down 11. "You might be the second Zambian person ever to come to Limerick and be honoured with this kind of recognition.". ” Refusing to let either one define her entire being. What I am, is not alone. She moved from Zambia with her parents, Lydia and Elijah, and two younger siblings, when she was seven. So it stands to reason that when KK was considering his international policy and sought connection, he chose to ask those who would see his appeal for aid as request made amongst equals who understood his predicament. If you want to know the heart of a nation, listen to the anthems they sing when called to stand for their home. We use comcast-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. I told my parents and they were proud, yes, but not because of the award alone. A uniting desire to grow and thrive and live beyond the impact of plantation and cultural loss and reclaim not just language or culture; but the right to build and define or redefine yourself in the eyes of the world. We are here. Who was the face on the money your uncles and aunts used throughout their adolescence? She uses her hyphenated identities to weave a narrative spanning continents, cultures and … Denise Chaila's "Go Bravely" is out now. We use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Holy Grail 3. Ri Ra 4. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences, Denise Chaila performs "Chaila" at Other Voices Courage at the National Gallery. Freedom. Who is referred to globally by those of us who hail from Zambia as the Father of our nation? Ann Blake and Emma Langford sat down with shining star of the Irish hip-hop scene Denise Chaila to talk the creative process, finding your voice, and learning to love it. https://www.limerickpost.ie/2020/06/12/new-video-denise-chaila-chaila Remembering that reminds me of the power that we all have when we stop making demigods of the people we honour. Move 5. Denise Chaila, Category: Artist, Albums: GO Bravely, Singles: Out the Gaff, Holy Grail, Chaila, Duel Citizenship, Top Tracks: Anseo, Out the Gaff, Chaila, Copper Bullet, Holy Grail, Biography: What’s Irish rap? Go Bravely by Denise Chaila, released 02 October 2020 1. She is one of the acts appearing on Ireland in Music on RTÉ One on December 29th at 8pm, The views expressed here are those of the author and do not represent or reflect the views of RTÉ. Fresh off her debut EP ‘Duel Citizenship', Denise Chaila is poised to change Irish hip-hop. “I have been running from one extreme end of the spectrum to the other, feeling everything,” she says. T he Zambian born talent, who appeared on last night’s Late Late Show, opened up … #weekend listen: Limerick Lady Podcast #24 Denise Chaila: Do Your Dishes In A Crown. Not an invitation to be condescended to. D enise Chaila is at her producer’s home studio in Limerick, trying to keep her feet on the ground during the whirlwind that has been 2020. If you are singing the national anthem of Zambia, you are proclaiming that you and those you sing with are "victors in the struggle for the right/ We’ve won freedom’s fight/ All one, strong and free.". He met with de Valera and opened his speech under the Limerick coat of arms by saying he was "as much a Limerickman as any of you.". In Joyce’s eternal present, collapsing history and our fears for the future and holding fast to the power of who we are right now. From the Locke Bar to the Regional, back to UL campus and around to the Island Field. Go Bravely Denise Chaila. "He was awarded the freedom of the city in 1964," my mother read from an article she had pulled on her phone. There’s nothing too new about us "new Irish" at all. … Denise Chaila In her breakthrough track Copper Bullet, Denise Chaila succinctly described the thriving hip-hop scene in Ireland. A fire, a connection, a unifying purpose. Eric Fitzgerald - November 23, 2020. Unity. To know that Irish history is Zambian history and vice versa. Denise Chaila is a Zambian-Irish rapper, singer, poet, grime and hip hop artist from Limerick. Informed by all of the stories of our elders. By. Amongst those who fight to sustain their freedom, there is a shared bond. The moment reminded them of KK. Can't Stop Me Here 10. Some of these untold stories provide a foundation for our belonging that is at once inspiring and emboldening and can encourage us to keep digging for connection if we let it. Zambian-Irish rapper Denise Chaila has just released her latest music video for her single “Chaila” on Friday, June 12. With no ‘claim’ but love. Written By Denise Chaila. It’s a sound that you can’t predict…, Monthly Listeners: 58460, Where People Listen: Dublin, London, Cork, Limerick, Bristol . As long as there are people who feel you must deny your complexity, live on a binary and ‘pick a side’, it will always be essential. 1. This is the place that found me. As we are. Release Date October 2, 2020. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Denise Chaila: "there's nothing too new about us "new Irish" at all" Remembering that reminds me of the power that we all have when we stop making demigods of … I will have written this piece many times by the time it reaches you. Rapper Denise Chaila took to the Late Late stage last night for an unbelievable performance. Denise Chaila has spelled out her name for you and now, the Limerick rapper is asking what you wanted to be when you grew up? We belong to a unique and glorious tapestry of history that doesn’t often respect our expectations. This is the place where my elders walked. Three of whom walked the streets of Limerick city and raised their voices or raised hell or raised each other up as the moment demanded. This is the artist’s second hit in 2020, following after her previous song “Down”. Who your mother looked up to as a small child? We use Spotify to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. It’s why finding peace with my dual nationality hasn’t been quite as jarring as people assume it might be at times. Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, SE1 9GF. Denise Chaila has realised that she “can be comfortable in non-definition.” The Limerick-based rapper describes her Zambian-Irish heritage as her “hyphenated identities. Chaila 2. We need your consent to load this comcast-player contentWe use comcast-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. The fact that Chaila was able to convey the sentiment of a nation in one perfect line displays both the depth and skill of the Irish MC. MuRli This 11 track mixtape is Chaila's first body of work to be released since her two-track 2019 EP, 'Duel Citizenship'. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish, right? He waved his white handkerchief and marched with people on the streets I walk. Go Bravely Feat. A complete rejection of the globally debilitating narrative of colonisation and grief and loss. Chaila Lyrics: I do what I want with my pronouns / Keep it low key on my profile / I raise the bar when I come through / You already know it’s gonna go down / My name’s not that hard to pronounce He went to those who had been there from the start. We need your consent to load this rte-player content. We need your consent to load this Spotify contentWe use Spotify to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. I will have called family for their input, discussed it with my parents and siblings and friends, consulted people close to the Kaunda family, anything to ensure I do justice to the memory and legacy of Dr Kenneth Kaunda. The man who unified the tribes of Zambia post colonisation. It’s remarkable, then, to consider the tremendous accolades and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that Zambian-born, Limerick-based artist Denise Chaila has achieved this year, long before releasing her outstanding debut body of work, the aptly titled mixtape, Go Bravely. ‘Holy Grail’ is a song to uplift. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences, From RTÉ Archives, Kenneth Kaunda is awarded the freedom of Limerick in November 1964 (silent footage), On August 22nd 2020 I was awarded the honour of being the Limerick person of the month and it was a catalyst for one if the most profound experiences I've had since I came here. Here we find our common denominator, we find our voices. Meáin Náisiúnta Seirbhíse Poiblí na hÉireann, Denise Chaila on the links between her two homeplaces and the huge influence of Zambia's first president, Kenneth Kaunda, "not a freedom fighter, but the freedom fighter". 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