Hip hop and social change in Africa
Subtitle: ni wakati
By: edited by Msia Kibona Clark and Mickie Mwanzia Koster
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lanham, Maryland; Boulder; New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780739193297; 9780739193303
Subjects: Rap (Music); History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Hip hop halisi : continuities of heroism on the African political landscape / Caroline Mose; title: Building our nation : Senegalese hip hop artists as agents of social and political change / Sheba Lo; title: Speaking truth to power : hip hop and the African awakening / Amentahru Wahlrab; title: Malian hip hop : social engagement through music / Amkoullel L'enfant Peulh; title: How hip hop impacts social change in Africa / Malle Marxist; title: Redefining the struggle : remembering the Mau Mau through hip hop music / Mich Nyawalo; title: Hip hop, youth activism, and the dilemma of colored identity in South Africa / Shaheen Ariefdien and Rico Chapman; title: Beyond Y'en A Marre : Pikine's hip hop youth say "enough is enough" and pave the way for continuous social change / Asligul Berktay; title: Gender representations among Tanzanian female emcees / Msia Kibona Clark; title: Hip hop and social change in Uganda / Slim MC; title: Tanzanian MCs vs. social discourse / Mejah Mbuya; title: 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; title: 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; title: Hip hop and Sheng in Nairobi : creating identity markers and expressing a lifestyle / Katharina Greven; title: Afterword : Reflections on Ni Wakati : hip hop and revolution / Kamau Ngigi; title: Appendix : Le hip hop malien ou l'engagement social áa travers l'art / Amkoullel L'enfant Peulh.