Ebook: Hip-hop in Africa: prophets of the city and dustyfoot philosophers

Intro; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1: "Boomerang"; 2: "Understand Where I'm Coming From"; 3: "Lettre à Mr le Président"; 4: "Femme de Combat"; 5: "Make You No Forget"; 6: "Brkn Lngwjz"; Epilogue; By Way of an Afterword, by Akosua Adomako Ampofo; Appendix 1: Artist Interviews; Appendix 2: Companion Website; Notes; References; Index.;Throughout Africa, artists use hip-hop both to describe their lives and to create shared spaces for uncensored social commentary, feminist challenges to patriarchy, and resistance against state institutions, while at the same time engaging with the global hip-hop community.