The podcast is the longest-running podcast on African Hip Hop culture. It features discussions on African Hip Hop music & culture from around the continent and the Diaspora. The podcast is produced in the Department of African Studies at Howard University. You can access the podcast at www.hiphopafrican.com and on all major podcast platforms.
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The podcast is the longest-running podcast on African Hip Hop culture. It features discussions on African Hip Hop music & culture from around the continent and the Diaspora. The podcast is produced in the Department of African Studies at Howard University. You can access the podcast at www.hiphopafrican.com and on all major podcast platforms.
In this episode of Let Her Cook called Unapologetic, two of our students dive into the world of African women in hip-hop. They discuss artists from West, East, and Southern Africa: Eno Barony (Ghana), Keko (Uganda), Gigi Lamayne (South Africa), and Reespect (Nigeria), women who aren’t waiting for permission to speak; they’re taking the mic and making space for themselves. From Keko’s fearless visibility as a queer rapper in Uganda to Gigi’s protest-driven lyrics in South Africa, these women use their voices as both art and activism. They also talk about braggadocio, that classic hip-hop confidence, and how African and African American women flip it to challenge what society says they should be. This episode is all about power, presence, and being unapologetically loud.
Check out our 2019 interview with Keko on Episode 38: Keko on Hip-Hop V. The Politics of Sexuality in Uganda.
Or our 2021 interview with Gigi Lamayne on Episode 63: Gigi Lamayne on Representation & Dismantling Respectability Politics.
The Hip Hop African
The podcast is the longest-running podcast on African Hip Hop culture. It features discussions on African Hip Hop music & culture from around the continent and the Diaspora. The podcast is produced in the Department of African Studies at Howard University. You can access the podcast at www.hiphopafrican.com and on all major podcast platforms.
