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<p>Preface<br>African Rap: A Capsule History Eric Charry<br>Part I. Rap Stories (Ghana and South Africa)<br>1. The Birth of Ghanaian Hiplife: Urban Style, Black Thought, Proverbial Speech Jesse Weaver Shipley<br>2. A Genre Coming of Age: Transformation in the Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture of South Africa Lee Watkins<br>Part II. Griots and Messengers (Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Malawi)<br>3. The Rapper as Modern Griot: Reclaiming Ancient Traditions Patricia Tang<br>4. Promises of the Chameleon: Reggae Artist Tiken Jah Fakoly's Intertextual Contestation of Power in Côte d'Ivoire Daniel Reed<br>5. Style, Message, and Meaning in Malawian Youth Rap and Ragga Performance John Fenn<br>Part III. Identity and Hybridity (Mali and Nigeria)<br>6. Mapping Cosmopolitan Identities: Rap Music and Male Youth Culture in Mali Dorothea E. Schulz<br>7. Nigerian Hip Hop: Exploring a Black World Hybrid Stephanie Shonekan<br>Part IV. East Coast (Kenya and Tanzania)<br>8. The Local and Global in Kenyan Rap and Hip Hop Culture Jean Ngoya Kidula<br>9. Infinite Flavors: Imitation and Innovation in the Music, Dress, and Camps of Tanzanian Youth Alex Perullo<br>Part V. Popular Music Panoramas (Ghana and Malawi)<br>10. Contemporary Ghanaian Popular Music Since the 1980s John Collins<br>11. Popular Music and Young Male Audiences in Contemporary Malawi Jochen Seebode<br>Part VI. Drumming (Mali)<br>12. Urban Drumming: Traditional Celebration Music in a West African City (Bamako) Rainer Polak<br>Music for an African 21st-Century Eric Charry<br>Bibliography<br>Discography<br>Videography<br>Webography<br>List of Contributors<br>Index</p>

<p>Urban music and youth culture in Africa</p>

<p>Eric Charry is Associate Professor of Music at Wesleyan University. He is author of Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa and has published extensively on music in Africa. </p>

<p>Visit the author's <a href="http://hiphopafrica.wesleyan.edu/">website</a> for Hip Hop Africa</p>

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