Hipco songs, a style of hip-hop unique to Liberia, commonly contain political messages and imagery. It is not uncommon for hipco artists to cast aside
Category: Student Projects
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Faux! Pas Forcé: still an anthem
Just a day or two after the vote which kept Macky Sall in power in Senegal, it’s worth revisiting one of the anthems of the
Another Banger By Bangz
By Branford Bland For this post, I had to revisit the artist that I wrote about for my first blog post, Ur Boy Bangz. This
Keko Lifts up Marginalized Communities Through Her Music
By Max Bone A photo of the groundbreaking Ugandan artist Keko. Photo from Flickr In a May 2017 interview with the international news outlet PRI
Reason Stakes His Claim for South Africa in “Anzania”
Hip hop rappers can play an influential role in the social, political, and economic domains of the countries in which they perform. Reason, an MC
Master Soumy Brings Revolutionary Hip-Hop to Mali with “Ca ne vas pas Aller”
As hip-hop culture continues to grow in Mali, new artists are finding ways to emerge into the highly conservative society. Among them is Master Soumy,
