ISBN:
9780739193303
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (300 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.4/84249096
Keywords:
Rap (Music) - Social aspects - Africa
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Rap (Music) - Social aspects - Africa
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book explores the role of hip hop in grassroots changes occurring today in Africa. It argues that artists use hip hop to confront social structures and reveals the complexity and dynamic nature of African culture, the entanglements between local and global movements, and the synergy of youth mobilization.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Social Ills": Coming from Behind the Microphone to Effect Reform in Africa -- Hip Hop Halisi -- Building Our Nation -- Speaking Truth to Power -- Malian Hip Hop -- "The Dusty Foot Philosopher": Hip Hop Voices on Social Change in Africa -- How Hip Hop Impacts Social Change in Africa -- Redefining the Struggle -- Hip Hop, Youth Activism, and the Dilemma of Colored Identity in South Africa -- Beyond Y'en A Marre -- Gender Representations among Tanzanian Female Emcees -- Hip Hop and Social Change in Uganda -- "Adjuma": Hip Hop's Transformation of the Urban Space in Africa -- Tanzanian MCs vs. Social Discourse -- From the Great Island to the African Continent through the Western World -- The Musicscapes of a Country in Transition -- Hip Hop and Sheng in Nairobi -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Index -- About the Authors.
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: "Social Ills": Coming from Behind the Microphone to Effect Reform in Africa; Chapter One: Hip Hop Halisi; Chapter Two: Building Our Nation; Chapter Three: Speaking Truth to Power; Chapter Four: Malian Hip Hop; II: "The Dusty Foot Philosopher": Hip Hop Voices on Social Change in Africa; Chapter Five: How Hip Hop Impacts Social Change in Africa; Chapter Six: Redefining the Struggle; Chapter Seven: Hip Hop, Youth Activism, and the Dilemma of Colored Identity in South Africa; Chapter Eight: Beyond Y'en A Marre
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter Nine: Gender Representations among Tanzanian Female EmceesChapter Ten: Hip Hop and Social Change in Uganda; III: "Adjuma": Hip Hop's Transformation of the Urban Space in Africa; Chapter Eleven: Tanzanian MCs vs. Social Discourse; Chapter Twelve: From the Great Island to the African Continent through the Western World; Chapter Thirteen: The Musicscapes of a Country in Transition; Chapter Fourteen: Hip Hop and Sheng in Nairobi; Afterword; Appendix; Index; About the Authors
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URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1864060
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