Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa (eBook)

Msia Kibona Clark is assistant professor of Pan African studies at California State University.Mickie Mwanzia Koster is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Tyler.

1. Introduction by Msia Kibona Clark and Mickie Mwanzia KosterPart I: “Social Ills”: Coming from Behind the Microphone to Effect Reform in Africa2. Hip-Hop Halisi: Continuities of Heroism on the African Political Landscape, Caroline Mose 3. Building Our Nation: Sénégalese Hip Hop Artists as Agents of Social and Political Change, Sheba Lo 4. Speaking Truth to Power: Hip-Hop and the African Awakening, Amentahru Wahlrab Essay 1 English. “Malian Hip Hop: Social Engagement through Music,” Amkoullel L'enfant Peulh Part II: “The Dusty Foot Philosopher”: Hip Hop Voices on Social Change in AfricaEssay 2. “How Hip Hop Impacts Social Change in Africa,” Malle Marxist 5. Redefining the Struggle: Remembering the Mau Mau through Hip-Hop Music, Mich Nyawalo 6. Khoi Hop: Hip Hop, Youth Activism and the Dilemma of Coloured Identity in South Africa, Shaheen Ariefdien and Rico Chapman 7. Beyond “Y’en a Marre”: Pikine’s Hip Hop Youth Say “Enough is Enough” and Pave the Way for Continuous Social Change, Asligul Berktay 8. Gender representations among Tanzanian female emcees, Msia Kibona ClarkEssay 3. “Hip-Hop and social change in Uganda” by Slim MC Part III: “Adjuma”: Hip Hop’s Transformation of the Urban Space in AfricaEssay 4. “Tanzanian MCs vs. Social Discourse,” Mejah Mbuya 9. 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 (2000–2011), Klara Boyer-Rossol10. 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 11. Hip-hop and Sheng in Nairobi – Creating Identity Markers and Expressing a Lifestyle, Katharina Greven Afterword: “Reflections on Ni Wakati: Hip Hop and the Revolution,” Kamau Ngigi (Kama of Kalamashaka)