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Hip-hop in Africa: prophets of the city and dustyfoot philosophers

By Clark , Msia Kibona

Book information

Publisher
Ohio University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780896803183, 9780896803190, 9780896805026, 0896805026
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10033581 bytes)
Series
Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 18
Pages
(xxi, 266 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
etc.;Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- Africa;Rap (Hip-hop;Hip-hop--Africa;MUSIC--Instruction & Studyinterpretation

Description

Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1: "Boomerang"; 2: "Understand Where I'm Coming From"; 3: "Lettre à Mr le Président"; 4: "Femme de Combat"; 5: "Make You No Forget"; 6: "Brkn Lngwjz"; Epilogue; By Way of an Afterword, by Akosua Adomako Ampofo; Appendix 1: Artist Interviews; Appendix 2: Companion Website; Notes; References; Index.;Throughout Africa, artists use hip-hop both to describe their lives and to create shared spaces for uncensored social commentary, feminist challenges to patriarchy, and resistance against state institutions, while at the same time engaging with the global hip-hop community. Intro Contents Illustrations Acknowledgments 1: "Boomerang" 2: "Understand Where I'm Coming From" 3: "Lettre à Mr le Président" 4: "Femme de Combat" 5: "Make You No Forget" 6: "Brkn Lngwjz" Epilogue By Way of an Afterword, by Akosua Adomako Ampofo Appendix 1: Artist Interviews Appendix 2: Companion Website Notes References Index.

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