We do want to give a shout out to Kenya's first internet meme, who plays a central role in Zuckerman's talk: Makmende, a character who emerged from a music video (see above; Zuckerman describes him as a cross between John Shaft and Kanye West) and now regularly appears on everything from currency notes to fake movie posters. One measure of the power of internet memes is that the album which spawned the Makmende video -- 82, by Kenya's JUST A BAND -- is finally seeing an American release; it officially hit stores this past Tuesday. 05/10/10
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