Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa : Ni Wakati.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780739193303
- 306.4/84249096
- ML3918.R37H56 2014
Intro -- 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 -- Chapter Nine: Gender Representations among Tanzanian Female Emcees -- Chapter 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.
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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