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      Hip-Hop in Africa

       Ohio University Research in International Studies

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      Hip-Hop in Africa

      PROPHETS OF THE CITY AND DUSTYFOOT PHILOSOPHERS

      Msia Kibona Clark

       Foreword by Quentin Williams

       Afterword by Akosua Adomako Ampofo

      Ohio University Research in International Studies Global and Comparative Studies Series No. 18 Athens, Ohio

      Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701

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      Cover: Kanyi Mavi at her home in Gugulethu Township, Cape Town, in 2016.

      Photo by author.

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: 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.

      Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2018] | Series: Ohio University research in international studies. Global and comparative studies series ; No. 18 | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018001344| ISBN 9780896803183 (hc : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780896803190 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780896805026 (pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Rap (Music)—Social aspects—Africa. | Rap (Music)—Africa—History and criticism. | Hip-hop—Africa.

      Classification: LCC ML3918.R37 C58 2018 | DDC 782.421649096—dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018001344

      This book is dedicated to Kekeli Kaselema Anthony Numadzi, ninakupenda sana wanangu.

       Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Foreword: “African Hip-Hop Represent!”

       Acknowledgments

       CHAPTER 1. “Boomerang” Hip-Hop and Pan-African Dialogues

       CHAPTER 2. “Understand Where I’m Coming From” The Growth of African Hip-Hop and Representations of African Culture

       CHAPTER 3. “Lettre à Mr le Président” Social and Political Representations

       CHAPTER 4. “Femme de Combat” Gendered Representations

       CHAPTER 5. “Make You No Forget” Representations of African Migrant Experiences in African Hip-Hop

       CHAPTER 6. “Brkn Lngwjz” Language, Identity, and Cultural Appropriation

       Epilogue

       By Way of an Afterword

       APPENDIX 1. Artist Interviews

       APPENDIX 2. Companion Website

       Notes

       References

       Index

       Illustrations

       Figure 1.1. Yugen Blakrok

       Figure 1.2. Reggie Rockstone

       Figure 1.3. Zavara Mponjika, aka MC Rhymson

       Figure 2.1. Shaheen Ariefdien

       Figure 2.2. Songa

      

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