Hip hop and social change in Africa ni wakati / edited by Msia Kibona Clark and Mickie Mwanzia Koster.

Other author Clark, Msia Kibona.
Other author Mwanzia Koster, Mickie.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Lexington Books, [2014]
Descriptionxxviii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Rap (Music)--Social aspects. --Africa.
Rap (Music)--Africa. --History and criticism.

Contents Hip hop halisi : continuities of heroism on the African political landscape / Caroline Mose -- Building our nation : Senegalese hip hop artists as agents of social and political change / Sheba Lo -- Speaking truth to power : hip hop and the African awakening / Amentahru Wahlrab -- Malian hip hop : social engagement through music / Amkoullel L'enfant Peulh -- How hip hop impacts social change in Africa / Malle Marxist -- Redefining the struggle : remembering the Mau Mau through hip hop music / Mich Nyawalo -- Hip hop, youth activism, and the dilemma of colored identity in South Africa / Shaheen Ariefdien and Rico Chapman -- Beyond Y'en A Marre : Pikine's hip hop youth say "enough is enough" and pave the way for continuous social change / Asligul Berktay -- Gender representations among Tanzanian female emcees / Msia Kibona Clark -- Hip hop and social change in Uganda / Slim MC -- Tanzanian MCs vs. social discourse / Mejah Mbuya -- From the Great Island to the African continent through the western world : itineraries of a "return to the origins" through hip hop music in Madagascar (2000-2001) / Klara Boyer-Rossol -- The musicscapes of a country in transition : cultural identity, youth agency, the emergent hip hop culture, and the quest for socio-political change in Sierra Leone / John Idriss Lahai -- Hip hop and Sheng in Nairobi : creating identity markers and expressing a lifestyle / Katharina Greven -- Afterword : Reflections on Ni Wakati : hip hop and revolution / Kamau Ngigi -- Appendix : Le hip hop malien ou l'engagement social áa travers l'art / Amkoullel L'enfant Peulh.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014031356
ISBN9780739193297 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0739193295 cloth alk. paper
ISBNelectronic

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