Event: Hip Hop in the Heartland
Hip Hop in the Heartland takes place in Wisconsin in the U.S. there is a one day symposium on March 26 and a 5 dayContinue reading
View ArticleHHAP Episode 20: Nazlee Saif on Hip Hop, Sexuality, Race, & Protest in Cape Town
Our conversation with Cape Town based hip hop and spoken word artist Nazlee Saif centers on discussions of race, gender, religion, sexuality, and activism. This conversation centers on the use of hip...
View ArticleHHAP Episode 21: Yugen Blakrok on Hip Hop Lyricism & the Black Panther Project
This month we speak with Johannesburg-based MC, Yugen Blakrok. Yugen Black is a South African MC, who was recently featured on the Black Panther soundtrack. Her style is distinctive and blends several...
View ArticlePress Release: Zimbabwe Rapper Afrow Zenda
Afrow Zenda born Rutendo Zenda is a rapper , song writer and producer who has produced for top Zimbabwean Hip Hop artists with hit songsContinue reading
View ArticleEvent: Howard University
A discussion of hip hop studies at Black universities in the U.S., with a panel of faculty from Howard University (Greg Carr & Msia Clark(,Continue reading
View ArticleTrinity International Hip Hop Festival
The Trinity International Hip Hop Festival at Trinity College in Hartford, CT is the 6th to the 8th of April. The festival celebrates all FIVEContinue reading
View ArticleDiaspora Rappers
Diaspora based artists like K’Naan, Blitz the Ambassador, M3nsa, Wale, and French Montana, and Tabi Bonney have been covered heavily in this blog. There areContinue reading
View ArticleHHAP Episode 22: Thiat of Keur Gui on Hip Hop and Activism Beyond Senegal
In a time when hip hop culture has been under heavy criticism for the lack of political content in commercial hip hop, Keur Gui reminds us of what hip hop culture is capable of, in terms of both social...
View ArticleHHAP Episode 23: Uganda’s Ruyonga on African/African American Relations,...
This interview with Ugandan artist Ruyonga, formerly known as Krukid, is an in-depth discussion on the artist’s perspective on the Black experience, relations between African Americans and Africans in...
View ArticleAfrican Hip Hop Through Visual Art
This semester students in the Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa course did either podcasts and art pieces. This is some of the artworkContinue reading
View ArticleHip-Hop in Africa Book Talk
This Sunday, the 20th of May, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art will host a book talk for the new book Hip-Hop in Africa:Continue reading
View ArticleMs. Nthabi’s “Broken Silence”
South Africa’s Ms. Nthabi 🇿🇦 has just released the mixtape “Broken Silence” on SoundCloud. Ms. Nthabi is an established emcee, and it’s good to hearContinue reading
View ArticleHHAP Episode 24: Free Speech, Censorship, and Protest in China and South Africa
This podcast is the panel discussion titled "Free Speech, Censorship and Protest”, that was held at the 13th annual Trinity International Hip Hop Festival at Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut....
View ArticleHHAP Special Episode: Hip-Hop in Africa Book Talk
This is a special episode of the Hip Hop African Podcast. This episode is a conversation between Dr. Msia Kibona Clark, the author of Hip-Hop in Africa, and moderator Dr. James Pope. Dr. Pope is a...
View ArticleHHAP Episode 25: Klein Fortuin on Hip Hop in Mitchells Plain & Rock the Mic
This conversation with Rock the Mic winner, and Cape Town MC Klein Fortuin took place at the Trinity International Hip Hop Festival at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in April 2018. Klein...
View ArticleHHAP Episode 26: Hip Hop Studies at Black Universities in the U.S.
This episode is an African Studies palaver on teaching hip hop related courses at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The discussion focused on approaching hip hop studies from...
View ArticleAfrican Dance: Between the Continent & the Diaspora
This is a short video created for one of our classes to show the similarities in contemporary dance in African & African American cultures. ItContinue reading
View ArticleHHAP Episode 27: Laura Lora on the Politics of Gender & a Ghanaian American...
In this episode we speak with Ghanian-born, U.S. based artist Laura Lora. In the interview, Laura Lora talks about her experiences an artist, navigating between Ghana and the United States. Growing up...
View ArticleHHAP Episode 28: Politics & Hip Hop from the Children of Sundiata
This episode is a conversation with Malian hip hop artist and activist Amkoullel L’enfant Peulh on hip hop and politics in Mali. Amkoullel has been involved in hip hop culture in Mali for many years,...
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