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Hip-hop in Africa : prophets of the city and dustyfoot philosophers / Msia Kibona Clark ; foreword by Quentin Williams ; afterword by Akosua Adomako Ampofo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780896805026
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • ML3918 .H574 2018
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Contents:
Subject: 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.
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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.

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