Category: LGBTQ+
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Celebrating and Elevating the Voices of Queer African Hip-Hop
This mixtape is an accumulation of songs from successful queer hip-hop artists in Africa (FAKA, Lelowhatsgood, Mx Blouse, Dope Saint Jude, and Angel-Ho). Hip-hop is a prominent genre of music in Africa, but it significantly lacks queer representation and acknowledgment. These visionary artists serve as the voices of the LGBTQ+ community and work to create
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QUEERING THE CONTINENT
AFRICANS PAINT A PICTURE OF GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CONSENT Across the diaspora, the topic of homosexuality remains nothing short of taboo. Conversations about queer identity remain touch and go, as they often bring up mislead feelings of emasculation, fear, intimidation, and general discomfort. The hesitancy to embrace homosexuality, on the African continent
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A Symbol of Queer Peace in Zimbabwe
The song Peace by Zimbabwean artist Hanna critiques the repetitive lack of originality that is current mainstream hip-hop. The second verse of her song raps that she doesn’t “play games,” “play dumb,” “fake rap,” or “fake cum.” Considering the fact that Hanna is a lesbian artist, I took this as a slight towards straight women
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Denise Chaila
Zambia’s rapper, singer, and poet Denise Chaila is a 27-year-old woman who is Irish and Zambian from Chikankata, Zambia. At the age of three, she moved from Zambia to Ireland, and in a recent interview, she explained how it was difficult to grow up around people she could not relate to culturally or physically. Denise’s
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keep hip hop queer
For my mixtape project, I chose “Keeping Queerness Visible from Artists of South Africa.” As the world becomes more and more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community, it’s important that queer people across the globe take up the spaces they weren’t previously allowed or seen in. Hip hop is notoriously trans and homophobic, so the courage
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5 LGBTQ+ African Artists who challenge heteronormativity
This mixtape shines a well deserved light on five African hip hop artists who are challenging the heteronormative culture prevalent in much of Africa through their music. In many African countries, such as the ones these artists hail from, it can be dangerous to be openly LGBTQ+. These artists are taking great steps to normalizing
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Breaking Societal Norms with the Beauties of Africa
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIWKhlJkANWnAmsSMzPKUOZX4yRK2cOHW The Playlist highlights a plethora of hip hop styles from the women of Africa. All the artists help break a prevalent and ubiquitous norm typical in African Hip Hop today while still speaking of their own success using braggadocio. While watching the videos and listening to songs, you should think about first gender norms.
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Mixtape Assignment: the coming of the age of Unapologetic rap by woman in africa
The representation and presentation of women in hip-hop culture needed tremendous work. For years, hip-hop culture all over the planet has shunned and disregarded on the basis of gender. In the continent of Africa, women have not had the place to voice their opinions and talents as MC’s, and for so long have been forced
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Focus on Ghana: LGBT+ Allyship as Queer Work
We have featured the work of several queer artists in Africa, as well as the increasing number of artists who are allies. This video is of a panel discussion at that took place at Howard University this month, which brought together Ghanaian activists and allies of the LGBT+ community in Ghana in light of the
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Let’s Topple the Patriarchy
The patriarchy has ingrained itself in all facets of society throughout cultures all over the world. Women from all backgrounds have been subject to overt oppression by their male counterparts unable to freely express themselves and have sovereignty over their lives and decisions. Although the patriarchy has long needed to be dismantled, women across the