Gender-based violence continues to be a leading determinant of South Africa's HIV/AIDS
epidemic. As such, gender socialisation and de-normalisation of gender inequality and …

Women have been portrayed in a variety of ways in Ghanaian rap music, popularly known
as hiplife. These discursive constructions represent the subjective interpretations that artists …

The twenty-first century ushered in a new era in African popular culture. Hip hop, a popular
genre of musical expression, which borrowed extensively from Western and African idioms …

From the late 1950s onward, the professionalization of mainstream social sciences and
humanities disciplines in Africa concealed women in the disciplines' grand narratives …

This chapter examines research on women in Hip Hop in Africa, which is largely carried out
by African Studies scholars. The study suggests that a methodology, hiphopography, rooted …

In the city of Dar es Salaam, hip-hop and performance poetry events are a vibrant, visible
presence. Research into this phenomenon has generally explored its relation to historical …

This research focuses on hip-hop music produced by African women immigrants in Europe
and Australia, focusing on first-and second-generation African immigrant women hip-hop …

Previous research conducted in Tanzania and the United States have focused on the
experiences of Black female rappers. Yet, in the South African literature, the experiences of …

This thesis focuses on the lives of female characters that left young mothers fending for
survival in two works: the biopic, Roxanne Roxanne, based on rap artist Lolita Shante …

Despite the secular positioning of much rap/hip-hop/R&B music, the book of Exodus has
remained a significant cultural reference point for many black and African American artists to …