FILMMAKER | PHOTOGRAPHER | EDITOR | CREATIVE DIRECTOR | ROOTS REGGAE DJ
BORN IN 1997, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST ALIM KAMARA (AKA - BEWAREALIM, IJAHLIM, HEATSTROKEWOKE) IS A CHILD OF THE D[M]V AND THE PROUD SON OF SIERRA LEONIAN IMMIGRANTS.
HE WAS ALWAYS A CURIOUS CHILD, BUT IT WAS DURING A TV PRODUCTION INTERNSHIP IN 2013 THAT ALIM FIRST DISCOVERED HIS AFFINITY FOR FILM AND VIDEO. AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL IN 2015 HE CONTINUED EXPLORING PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO AS AVENUES OF EXPRESSION, WORKING ON EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS AND OFTEN COLLABORATING WITH FELLOW AFRICAN AND D[M]V NATIVE JOSEPH WOLDEMARIAM AS THE PRODUCTION DUO “BEWARE!”, NOW DUBBED “STRYTME”.
SINCE 2016 STRYTME HAS HOSTED EVENTS IN BALTIMORE AND DC THAT CENTER AROUND UNITING THE ARTIST COMMUNITY AND CREATING POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL TO SHED THE SHACKLES OF BABYLON AND HAVE A WICKED TIME!!
FEEL D VIBEZ WAS BROUGHT ABOUT TO FURTHER ADVANCE THIS AGENDA, BEING HELD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2017. ALIM, UNDER THE MONIKER “IJAHLIM” AND FUELED BY THE SOUNDS OF ROOTS REGGAE, LOVER’S ROCK, AND DANCEHALL TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO SPREAD THE MESSAGES OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE TO FRESH, NEW EARS.
NOW AT A POINT IN HIS CREATIVE JOURNEY GOVERNED BY A DESIRE FOR SELF-DISCOVERY, ALIM IS STRIVING TO GROW AND ACHIEVE MASTERY OF HIS ART THROUGH IMMERSING HIMSELF IN NEW EXPERIENCES AND ENVIRONMENTS. ALWAYS AS A HUMBLE OBSERVER.