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Digging up rap’s roots: How African rhythms birthed American hip-hop

2023 marks what’s considered by many to be the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, but the origination of the genre continues to be one of the most debated topics in all music. Although most enthusiasts ...
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Hip hop Africa : new African music in a globalizing world / edited by Eric Charry

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 ...
MyJoyOnline

Talking Drums Festival: Africa’s biggest hip-hop gathering set for Accra in December 2025

Accra is gearing up for a major moment in global music this December as Ghana’s capital hosts the first-ever Talking Drums ...
The Lantern

School of Music and Department of African American and African Studies collaborate to host first-ever ‘Can I Kick It?’ hip-hop festival

A brand-new festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop music is coming to Ohio State Saturday. Ohio State’s School of Music and Department of African American and African Studies are set to ...
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Hip-hop is the Beacon of African American Culture, but its Roots are Multicultural

The story of hip-hop’s beginnings has been highly contested, but it begins in the Bronx on Aug. 11, 1973. DJ Kool Herc’s sister, Cindy, is hosting a back-to-school party in their apartment complex, ...
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Native tongues : an African hip-hop reader / edited by P. Khalil Saucier

Introduction / P. Khalil Saucier -- Part One: African noise : mapping African hip-hop from the East, West, and South: Rappin' Griots : producing the local in Senegalese hip-hop / Catherine Appert ; ...
WHYY

Philly hip-hop artist returns back to school to share the importance of African American studies

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Hip-hop music is celebrating 50 years, and since its inception the impact it’s had on ...
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The Cause Podcast: Hip Hop Studies Part 1: The Roots of Rap Music

After a short delay, The Cause Podcast returns with Episode 11: Hip Hop Studies, Part 1 – The Roots of Hip Hop. In this dynamic episode, Dr. Reiland Rabaka digs into the birth of hip hop—not just as ...
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Digging up rap’s roots: How African rhythms birthed American hip-hop

(CNN) — 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 ...
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Hip-hop is the Beacon of African American Culture, but its Roots are Multicultural

For five decades, hip-hop has redefined the soundscape of American music and created a billion-dollar industry in its wake. Hip-hop as we know it has evolved way past its humble beginnings in the ...