Ruben van Gaalen went on a ten-day trip to Dublin with a camera to interview and film local hip-hop artists who were born in Africa, but raised in Ireland. This resulted in Fruitful Roots: African Immigrants in Irish hip-hop, a short film and accompanying essay that seek for connectivity in the expression of the self through music.
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