| Description |
x, 390 p : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
African expressive cultures
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African expressive cultures.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Includes discography, videography, and webography. |
| Contents |
A capsule history of African rap \ Eric Charry -- Rap stories (Ghana and South Africa). The birth of Ghanaian hiplife : urban style, black thought, proverbial speech \ Jesse Weaver Shipley ; A genre coming of age : transformation, difference, and authenticity in the rap music and hip hop culture of South Africa \ Lee Watkins -- Griots and messengers (Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Malawi). The rapper as modern griot : reclaiming ancient traditions \ Patricia Tang ; Promises of the chameleon : reggae artist Tiken Jah Fakoly's intertextual contestation of power in Côte d'Ivoire \ Daniel B. Reed ; Style, message, and meaning in Malawian youth rap and ragga performances \ John Fenn -- Identity and hybridity (Mali and Nigeria). Mapping cosmopolitan identities : rap music and male youth culture in Mali \ Dorothea E. Schulz ; Nigerian hip hop : exploring a black world hybrid \ Stephanie Shonekan -- East coast (Kenya and Tanzania). The local and global in Kenyan rap and hip hop culture \ Jean Ngoya Kidula ; Imitation and innovation in the music, dress, and camps of Tanzanian youth \ Alex Perullo -- Popular music panoramas (Ghana and Malawi). Contemporary Ghanaian popular music since the 1980s \ John Collins ; Popular music and young male audiences in contemporary Malawi \ Jochen Seebode -- Drumming (Mali). Urban drumming : traditional jembe celebration music in a west African city (Bamako) \ Rainer Polak -- Music for an African twenty-first century \ Eric Charry. |
| Subject |
Rap (Music) -- Africa -- History and criticism.
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Rap (Music) |
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Africa. |
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Popular music -- Africa -- History and criticism.
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Popular music. |
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Hip-hop -- Africa.
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Hip-hop. |
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Music and youth -- Africa.
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Music and youth. |
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Music and globalization -- Africa.
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Music and globalization. |
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Popular music -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Popular music -- Social aspects. |
| Added Author |
Charry, Eric S., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780253003072 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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0253003075 (cloth) (alkaline paper) |
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9780253005755 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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0253005752 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780253005823 (ebook) |
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