Hip-hop in Africa : prophets of the city and dustyfoot philosophers /
Clark, Msia Kibona,
Hip-hop in Africa : prophets of the city and dustyfoot philosophers / Msia Kibona Clark ; foreword by Quentin Williams ; afterword by Akosua Adomako Ampofo. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages) : illustrations - Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; number 18 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780896805026
Rap (Music)--Social aspects--Africa.
Rap (Music)--History and criticism.--Africa
Hip-hop--Africa.
Electronic Books.
ML3918 / .H574 2018
Hip-hop in Africa : prophets of the city and dustyfoot philosophers / Msia Kibona Clark ; foreword by Quentin Williams ; afterword by Akosua Adomako Ampofo. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages) : illustrations - Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; number 18 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
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.
9780896805026
Rap (Music)--Social aspects--Africa.
Rap (Music)--History and criticism.--Africa
Hip-hop--Africa.
Electronic Books.
ML3918 / .H574 2018