In this Book
- Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: African Expressive Cultures

Hip Hop Africa explores a new generation of Africans who are not only consumers of global musical currents, but also active and creative participants. Eric Charry and an international group of contributors look carefully at youth culture and the explosion of hip hop in Africa, the embrace of other contemporary genres, including reggae, ragga, and gospel music, and the continued vitality of drumming. Covering Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, and South Africa, this volume offers unique perspectives on the presence and development of hip hop and other music in Africa and their place in global music culture.
Table of Contents

- A Capsule History of African Rap
- pp. 1-26
- Part 1. Rap Stories (Ghana and South Africa)
- Part 2. Griots and Messengers (Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and Malawi)
- Part 3. Identity and Hybridity (Mali and Nigeria)
- Part 4. East Coast (Kenya and Tanzania)
- Part 5. Popular Music Panoramas (Ghana and Malawi)
- Part 6. Drumming (Mali)
- Music for an African Twenty-First Century
- pp. 283-316
- Bibliography and Online Sources
- pp. 317-348
- Discography
- pp. 349-360
- Videography
- pp. 361-364
- Webography
- pp. 365-366
- List of Contributors
- pp. 367-370