Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World

Book Overview

Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of Africans who are not only consumers of global musical currents, but also active and creative participants. Eric Charry and an international group of contributors look carefully at youth culture and the explosion of hip hop in Africa, the embrace of other contemporary genres, including reggae, ragga, and gospel music, and the continued vitality of drumming. Covering Senegal, Mali, C?te d'Ivoire,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253005752
• ISBN13: 9780253005755
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher