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Author Clark, Msia Kibona, author.

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

Publication Info. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 266 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; number 18
Research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; no. 18.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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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Subject Rap (Music) -- Social aspects -- Africa.
Rap (Music) -- Social aspects.
Africa.
Rap (Music) -- Africa -- History and criticism.
Rap (Music)
Hip-hop -- Africa.
Hip-hop.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Clark, Msia Kibona. Hip-hop in Africa. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018] 9780896803183 089680318X (DLC) 2018001344
ISBN 9780896805026 (electronic book)
0896805026 (electronic book)
9780896803183
089680318X
9780896803190
0896803198