Rap Music and the Youth in Malawi: Reppin' the Flames

by Ken Lipenga Jr.

Book Overview

Rap Music and the Youth in Malawi is one of the first book-length studies of Malawian hip hop. It studies the language and content of contemporary Malawian hip hop as a window onto the country's youth culture as Malawian young people negotiate what scholar Alcinda Honwana calls 'waithood, ' or the condition, common among Malawian youth, of lacking opportunities to advance from a situation of dependence and being stuck in a state of relative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031152530
• ISBN13: 9783031152535
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"