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OverviewThis 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 and symbols to inform, question, and challenge. Through lyrical expression, dance, and graffiti, hip hop is used to challenge social inequality and to push for social change. The study looks across Africa and explores how hip hop is being used in different places, spaces, and moments to foster change. In this edited work, authors from a wide range of fields, including history, sociology, African and African American studies, and political science explore the transformative impact that hip hop has had on African youth, who have in turn emerged to push for social change on the continent. The powerful moment in which those that want change decide to consciously and collectively take a stand is rooted in an awareness that has much to do with time. Therefore, the book centers on African hip hop around the context of “it’s time” for change, Ni Wakati. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Msia Kibona Clark , Mickie Mwanzia Koster , Shaheen Ariefdien , Asligul BerktayPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9781498505802ISBN 10: 1498505805 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 23 May 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction by Msia Kibona Clark and Mickie Mwanzia Koster Part I: “Social Ills”: Coming from Behind the Microphone to Effect Reform in Africa 2. Hip-Hop Halisi: Continuities of Heroism on the African Political Landscape, Caroline Mose 3. Building Our Nation: Sénégalese Hip Hop Artists as Agents of Social and Political Change, Sheba Lo 4. Speaking Truth to Power: Hip-Hop and the African Awakening, Amentahru Wahlrab Essay 1 English. “Malian Hip Hop: Social Engagement through Music,” Amkoullel L'enfant Peulh Part II: “The Dusty Foot Philosopher”: Hip Hop Voices on Social Change in Africa Essay 2. “How Hip Hop Impacts Social Change in Africa,” Malle Marxist 5. Redefining the Struggle: Remembering the Mau Mau through Hip-Hop Music, Mich Nyawalo 6. Khoi Hop: Hip Hop, Youth Activism and the Dilemma of Coloured Identity in South Africa, Shaheen Ariefdien and Rico Chapman 7. Beyond “Y’en a Marre”: Pikine’s Hip Hop Youth Say “Enough is Enough” and Pave the Way for Continuous Social Change, Asligul Berktay 8. Gender representations among Tanzanian female emcees, Msia Kibona Clark Essay 3. “Hip-Hop and social change in Uganda” by Slim MC Part III: “Adjuma”: Hip Hop’s Transformation of the Urban Space in Africa Essay 4. “Tanzanian MCs vs. Social Discourse,” Mejah Mbuya 9. From The Great Island To The African Continent Through The Western World: Itineraries Of A “Return To The Origins” Through Hip Hop Music In Madagascar (2000–2011), Klara Boyer-Rossol 10. The Musicscapes of a Country in Transition: Cultural Identity, Youth Agency, The Emergent Hip Hop Culture and the Quest for Socio-Political Change in Sierra Leone, John Idriss Lahai 11. Hip-hop and Sheng in Nairobi – Creating Identity Markers and Expressing a Lifestyle, Katharina Greven Afterword: “Reflections on Ni Wakati: Hip Hop and the Revolution,” Kamau Ngigi (Kama of Kalamashaka)ReviewsThis story of hip-hop in Africa, as heard from the voices of artists, activists and academics, is a crucially important work on the history and politics of the African contribution to the global hip hop movement. Instead of acting as passive observers to or victims of government corruption, poverty, police brutality, gender discrimination, and exploitation by the hands of multinational corporations, African hip hop artists are acting as rebel agents of change in their local communities. By calling into question the triumph of neo-liberal economic policies, Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa has given us an insightful and comprehensive analysis on how hip hop speaks truth to power and oppression. -- Seth Markle, Trinity College Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa: Ni Wakati positively broadens our understanding of hip hop on the continent. It shows how hip hop in its spoken, written, and visual form has created outlets for Africans north-south and east-west to recognize, perceive, understand, and respond to the problems of the twenty-first century. In short, Clark and Koster bring together important contributions from scholars and artists that illustrate the pan-African force that is hip hop. -- P. Khalil Saucier, Rhode Island College Author InformationMsia Kibona Clark is assistant professor of Pan African studies at California State University. Mickie Mwanzia Koster is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Tyler. 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