Performing rap ciphas in late-modern Cape Town: extreme locality and multilingual citizenship

The study of hip-hop in Cape Town, and indeed South Africa, has traditionally focused on the narratives and poetics of resistance, race and counter-hegemonic agency in the context of apartheid and the early days of post-apartheid. Despite this attention, hip-hop cipha performances remain relatively...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Williams, Quentin E., Stroud, Christopher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 2010-12-01
Series:Afrika Focus
Subjects:
rap
Online Access:http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/2010vol23nr2c_williams.pdf