Youth and popular culture in Africa : media, music, and politics /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Ugor, Paul (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2021.
Series:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; 92.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Youth, Media, and Popular Arts Culture in Contemporary Africa / Paul Ugor, Illinois State University
  • Hip-Hop, Civic Awareness and Anti-Establishment Politics in Senegal: The Rise of the Y'en a marre Movement / Bamba Ndiaye
  • Rapping, Imagination and Urban Space in Dar es Salaam / David Kerr
  • Entertainers Breadwinners: Music in the Lives of Street Children in Abidjan, Co̲te d'Ivoire / Ty-Juana Taylor
  • Young People, Music, and Socio-Political Change in Post-War Sierra Leone / Ibrahim Bangura
  • The Politics of Pleasure in Nigerian Afrobeats / Paul Ugor
  • The Regeneration of Play: Popular Culture as Infra-politics on Instagram / James Yeku
  • "This is very embarrassing and insulting": Flash Fiction Ghana and Transgressive Writing / Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang
  • Queering Ugandan Popular Culture(s): Luganda Pop and "Un-African" Sexualities / Austin Bryan
  • Twitter, Youth Agency, and New Narratives of Power in #RhodesMustFall / Jendele Hungbo
  • Resisting Political Oppression: Youth and Social Media in Zimbabwe / Godfrey Maringira Simbarashe Gukurume
  • Dressing en Style: Fashion and Fandom in Niger / Adeline Masquelier
  • The Revolution Lost: Generational Change and Urban Youth Logics in Conakry's Dance Music / Adrienne Cohen
  • Culture Players Poly-Ticks: Botswana Youth, Popular Culture Practices Resonances / Connie Rapoo
  • 'Born Free': it's cute, but it's a lie': #FeesMustFall and Youth Deconstruction of South Africa's Liberation Narrative / Kristi Heather Kenyon, Juliana Coughlin and David Bosc
  • Afterword: Young People and the Future of African Worlds / Nadine Dolby.