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Nairobi Hip Hop Flow

Diasporic Blackness and Embodied Performance in the Underground Volume 4
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Nairobi Hip Hop Flow combines ethnographic methods, political history, and music and performance analysis to illustrate the richness of hip hop's embodied performance practices. RaShelle R. Peck examines how hip hop artists in Nairobi's underground rap culture engage with political seriousness in lyrics and sound by fostering a creative playfulness using bodily movement. This unprecedented study shows how Nairobi artists circulate diasporic blackness while at the same time indigenizing hip hop music to interrogate Kenya's sociopolitical landscape.

Product Details

PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publish DateMarch 25, 2025
Pages250
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9780520389793
Dimensions9.0 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches | 1.1 pounds

About the Author

RaShelle R. Peck is Assistant Professor of Ethnic and Race Studies at Borough of Manhattan Community College.

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