Hip hop Africa : new African music in a globalizing world

Author(s)

• Charry, Eric S.

Bibliographic Information

Hip hop Africa : new African music in a globalizing world

edited by Eric Charry

（African expressive cultures）

Indiana University Press, c2012

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-347) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: cloth ISBN 9780253003072

Description

Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of Africans who are not only consumers of global musical currents, but also active and creative participants. Eric Charry and an international group of contributors look carefully at youth culture and the explosion of hip hop in Africa, the embrace of other contemporary genres, including reggae, ragga, and gospel music, and the continued vitality of drumming. Covering Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa, this volume offers unique perspectives on the presence and development of hip hop and other music in Africa and their place in global music culture.

Table of Contents

Preface African Rap: A Capsule History Eric Charry Part I. Rap Stories (Ghana and South Africa) 1. The Birth of Ghanaian Hiplife: Urban Style, Black Thought, Proverbial Speech Jesse Weaver Shipley 2. A Genre Coming of Age: Transformation in the Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture of South Africa Lee Watkins Part II. Griots and Messengers (Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and Malawi) 3. The Rapper as Modern Griot: Reclaiming Ancient Traditions Patricia Tang 4. Promises of the Chameleon: Reggae Artist Tiken Jah Fakoly’s Intertextual Contestation of Power in Côte d’Ivoire Daniel Reed 5. Style, Message, and Meaning in Malawian Youth Rap and Ragga Performance John Fenn Part III. Identity and Hybridity (Mali and Nigeria) 6. Mapping Cosmopolitan Identities: Rap Music and Male Youth Culture in Mali Dorothea E. Schulz 7. Nigerian Hip Hop: Exploring a Black World Hybrid Stephanie Shonekan Part IV. East Coast (Kenya and Tanzania) 8. The Local and Global in Kenyan Rap and Hip Hop Culture Jean Ngoya Kidula 9. Infinite Flavors: Imitation and Innovation in the Music, Dress, and Camps of Tanzanian Youth Alex Perullo Part V. Popular Music Panoramas (Ghana and Malawi) 10. Contemporary Ghanaian Popular Music Since the 1980s John Collins 11. Popular Music and Young Male Audiences in Contemporary Malawi Jochen Seebode Part VI. Drumming (Mali) 12. Urban Drumming: Traditional Celebration Music in a West African City (Bamako) Rainer Polak Music for an African 21st-Century Eric Charry Bibliography Discography Videography Webography List of Contributors Index

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780253005755

Description

Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of Africans who are not only consumers of global musical currents, but also active and creative participants. Eric Charry and an international group of contributors look carefully at youth culture and the explosion of hip hop in Africa, the embrace of other contemporary genres, including reggae, ragga, and gospel music, and the continued vitality of drumming. Covering Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa, this volume offers unique perspectives on the presence and development of hip hop and other music in Africa and their place in global music culture.

Table of Contents

Preface African Rap: A Capsule History Eric Charry Part I. Rap Stories (Ghana and South Africa) 1. The Birth of Ghanaian Hiplife: Urban Style, Black Thought, Proverbial Speech Jesse Weaver Shipley 2. A Genre Coming of Age: Transformation in the Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture of South Africa Lee Watkins Part II. Griots and Messengers (Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Malawi) 3. The Rapper as Modern Griot: Reclaiming Ancient Traditions Patricia Tang 4. Promises of the Chameleon: Reggae Artist Tiken Jah Fakoly's Intertextual Contestation of Power in Côte d'Ivoire Daniel Reed 5. Style, Message, and Meaning in Malawian Youth Rap and Ragga Performance John Fenn Part III. Identity and Hybridity (Mali and Nigeria) 6. Mapping Cosmopolitan Identities: Rap Music and Male Youth Culture in Mali Dorothea E. Schulz 7. Nigerian Hip Hop: Exploring a Black World Hybrid Stephanie Shonekan Part IV. East Coast (Kenya and Tanzania) 8. The Local and Global in Kenyan Rap and Hip Hop Culture Jean Ngoya Kidula 9. Infinite Flavors: Imitation and Innovation in the Music, Dress, and Camps of Tanzanian Youth Alex Perullo Part V. Popular Music Panoramas (Ghana and Malawi) 10. Contemporary Ghanaian Popular Music Since the 1980s John Collins 11. Popular Music and Young Male Audiences in Contemporary Malawi Jochen Seebode Part VI. Drumming (Mali) 12. Urban Drumming: Traditional Celebration Music in a West African City (Bamako) Rainer Polak Music for an African 21st-Century Eric Charry Bibliography Discography Videography Webography List of Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BB12111167
• ISBN:
  • 9780253003072
  • 9780253005755
• LCCN: 2011052793
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Bloomington
• Pages/Volumes: x, 390 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML3531
  • DC23 : 782.421649096
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Rap (Music) -- Africa -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Popular music -- Africa -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Hip hop -- Africa
  • LCSH : Music and youth -- Africa
  • LCSH : Music and globalization -- Africa
  • LCSH : Popular music -- Social aspects -- Africa
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA69212495