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The hiplife in Ghana : the West African indigenization of hip-hop /

The Hiplife in Ghana explores one international site, Ghana, West Africa, where hip-hop music and culture has morphed over two decades into a whole new form of world music called hiplife. It investigates hiplife music not merely as an imitation and adaptation of hip-hop, but as a revision of Ghana&#...

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Main Author: Osumare, Halifu
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
Hip-hop > Ghana.
Rap (Music) > Ghana > History and criticism.
Hip-hop > Africa, West.
Rap (Music) > Africa, West > History and criticism.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781137021656
1137021659
6613953792
9786613953797
1283641291
9781283641296
1137021640
9781137021649
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 'Every Hood Has It's Own Style'
  • 'Making an African out of the Computer': Globalization and Indigenization in Hiplife
  • 'Empowering the Young': Hiplife's Youth Agency
  • 'Society of the Spectacle': Hiplife and Corporate Recolonialization
  • 'The Game': Hiplife's Counter-Hegemonic Discourse.

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