Osmic Menoe was a young kid in South Africa when he first fell in love with hip-hop culture during the late 1980s, at the height of the country’s anti-apartheid movement. But like so many, at first, ...

A musical movement in Africa reshapes hip-hop. Nov. 9, 2007— -- A quick Google search of the phrase "HipLife" pulls up a surprising 78.8 million hits. But what is it? A fad diet? A new self-help ...

Reviewed by Luis Gimenez in African music (Grahamstown, South Africa) 9 (3) 2013, pages 192-195. Reviewed by Caroline Mose in Journal of African cultural studies (London) 25 (2) June 2013, pages ...

Can the differences between these opposing citadels of European rap be bridged? The answer lies not just in Britain and France, but also in Europe’s former colonies in Africa. The lack of interest is ...

The djembe drums and traditional chanting are long gone, replaced by TR-808 drum machines and rhythmic rhymes. As rap music becomes a worldwide phenomenon, non-Western nations are getting in on the ...

Asika agrees that without the African blueprint, aspects of rap in hip-hop culture would cease to exist. “The music that the Black Americans have generated is music coming from their original source ...