African-Americans, Africans, and Hip-Hop

In this podcast, two of the students in the Hip Hop in Africa course discuss African and African American communities. The students, one from Kenya, and the other from Nigeria, pose 3 questions: 1. What do you think causes the tension between Africans and African-Americans? 2. What role has hip-hop played in bridging that gap?…

marydkamau

April 25, 2019

1–2 minutes

African Americans, Diaspora, Ghetto, Pan Africanism, Slums

In this podcast, two of the students in the Hip Hop in Africa course discuss African and African American communities. The students, one from Kenya, and the other from Nigeria, pose 3 questions:

What do you think causes the tension between Africans and African-Americans?
What role has hip-hop played in bridging that gap?
Why do male artists from both cultures seem to collaborate more than women?

Resources

Unah, Linus. “Not Everyone Is Happy With Nigeria’s Viral Version Of ‘This Is America’.” NPR , NPR, 1 June 2018,
www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/01/615805868/a-nigerian-rappers-take-on-donald-glover-s-this-is-america
The World’s Largest Slums: Dharavi, Kibera, Khayelitsha & Neza. (2018, September 07). Retrieved from https://www.habitatforhumanity.org.uk/blog/2017/12/the-worlds-largest-slums-dharavi-kibera-khayelitsha-neza/
Clark, & Kibona, M. (2018, November 01). Feminisms in African Hip Hop. Retrieved from https://read.dukeupress.edu/meridians/article-abstract/17/2/383/136652/Feminisms-in-African-Hip-Hop?redirectedFrom=PDF

One response to “African-Americans, Africans, and Hip-Hop”

KTA (Kevin Ayoola) (@KTAEnergy)

July 6, 2019 at 9:50 pm

This was always an interesting dynamic how African and African Americans saw things so differently when I was in school at West Virginia University. I am an African born in the United States so I saw both sides.

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