Tag: Stella Mwangi

• “Identify Yourself” – Stella Mwagni Speaks to Awareness for Social Change

  The final two lines of this rap capture the essence of her message to the audience: be aware so that we may unite and make a difference. Stella Mwangi, a Kenyan rapper now living in Norway includes a theme of social change and awareness in her uplifting song “Identify Yourself”. The music urges the audienceRead…

  noraolagbaju

  February 24, 2021

  Africa, Kenya, Student Projects, Women MCs

  female artist, female rappers, identify yourself, Kenya, Stella Mwangi

• The Feminist African MC Mixtape

  Please click here to access the playlist. As noted in our class discussions and reading materials, African women have faced many challenges in the hip-hop world. This playlist, “The Feminist African MC” addresses various ways African women MCs have created space for women and feminist ideologies in the male-dominated hip-hop scene in Africa, while alsoRead…

  marissabrown99

  April 21, 2020

  Album Review, Culture, Gender & Sexuality, Ghana, Political Rap, South Africa, Student Projects, Uganda, Women MCs

  Dope Saint Jude, Eno Barony, Feminism, keko, Stella Mwangi

• Stella Mwangi’s Global Roots

  In the video for her 2014 track “Biashara,” rapper Stella Mwangi, also known as STL, boldly addresses the viewer as she embodies a distinct fusion of her transnational roots. Mwangi, who was born in Murang’a, Kenya but migrated to Norway with her family in 1991, at the age of five, is an expert at blendingRead…

  emeallen

  April 11, 2019

  Culture, Diaspora Emcees, Kenya, Student Projects, Swahili, Women MCs

  Kenya, Stella Mwangi, STL

• Stella Mwangi’s Koolio

  

  Today I picked Kenyan-Norweigan rapper Stella Mwangi because I thought she ties in all of the themes we talked about in class very well. Additionally, I believe that her use of language in her song Koolio is interesting and bridges two different cultures together.

  iakinde

  April 11, 2018

  Culture, Kenya, Student Projects, Swahili, Women MCs

  Stella Mwangi, Swahili

• The Queen of Kenya

  

  Stella Nyambura, better known as STL, is one of the best Kenyan female rappers out right now.

  olyviasiclait

  February 7, 2018

  Kenya, Student Projects, Swahili, Women MCs

  Feminism, hiphop, Music, Rap, Stella Mwangi, STL, student project

• You Bad Huh?

    A femcee is a female rapper. She is no different than anyone else, except she is a woman brave enough to step up to the mic in such a male dominated industry. Hip hop is hyper masculine and feeds on the over sexualization of the Black woman. In hip hop, women are seen as sexualRead…

  foxxc

  March 31, 2017

  Ghana, Kenya, Student Projects, Women MCs

  blackwomeninhiphop, Femcees, hypermasculine, Kenya, Music, Nadia Rose, Stella Mwangi

• Stella Mwangi x Lady Leshurr

  The first video I watched was “stella stella stella” by Stella Mwangi. Stella Mwangi is a femcee from Kenya. The video for this song is a bit raunchy but not distasteful. She is giving the rebel girl look and feel in this video with her outfits, her lyrics, and the props in the video. SheRead…

  smithsavannae

  March 30, 2017

  Diaspora Emcees, England/UK, Kenya, Student Projects, Women MCs

  Femcees, Kenya, Lady leshurr, Stella Mwangi, U.k., women