Category: Articles & Books
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Call for Submissions: Hip Hop Studies
This is an exciting new book series being launched by the University of California Press and being led by H. Samy Alim and Jeff Chang. The University of California Press’s Hip Hop Studies Series represents a landmark moment in scholarly work on Hip Hop Culture. The series publishes critical, accessible…
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HHAP Episode 19: Quentin Williams on Multilingualism & Hip Hop in South Africa
This episode, South African hip hop scholar and sociolinguist Dr. Quentin Williams discusses his new book Remix Multilingualism: Hip Hop, Ethnography and Performing Marginalized Voice (Bloomsbury Press). Dr. Williams is a Senior Lecturer in the Linguistics Department at the University of Western Cape. He has published papers and book chapters on the…
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Hip-Hop in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers
Hip-Hop in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers by Msia Kibona Clark 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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The Street Is My Pulpit: Hip Hop & Christianity in Kenya
The Street Is My Pulpit: Hip Hop and Christianity in Kenya by Mwenda Ntarangwi Published by University of Illinois Press The bass meets the beatified in Kenya’s dynamic youth culture
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New Book on Hip Hop in Morocco
Moreno Almeida, Cristina. (2017). Rap Beyond Resistance: Staging Power in Contemporary Morocco. Palgrave Macmillan.
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Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa: Ni Wakati
by Msia Kibona Clark and Mickie Mwanzia Koster Now available in paperback & on Kindle https://www.amazon.com/Hip-Hop-Social-Change-Africa/dp/1498505805 This book examines social change in Africa through the lens of hip hop music and culture. Artists engage their African communities in a variety of ways that confront established social structures, using coded language…
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Wala Bok: Une histoire orale du hip hop au Senegal (An Oral History of Hip Hop in Senegal)
Wala Bok: Une histoire orale du hip hop au Senegal: An Oral History of Hip Hop in Senegal by Fatou Kande Senghor [Please note: This book is published in French language text.] Wala Bok: An Oral History of Hip Hop in Senegal explores and reflects on the evolution of generations…