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Foreword xi
1
Kimani Njogu
Religious Versification:
From Depoliticisation to Repoliticisation 1
2
Hervé Maupeu
L’intellectuel populaire et l’imaginaire politique :
Le cas de Joseph Kamaru 23
Kamaru, un prophète kikuyu chrétien 28
La religion prophétique comme cadre de compréhension
du politique 32
– Une pédagogie du changement 32
– Une théorie de la causalité 35
Kamaru et le renouveau du nationalisme kikuyu 36
– Un leader et pas un despote 37
– Les elections comme mode populaire d’action politique 40
– Les femmes et le nationalisme kikuyu contemporain 42
– Conclusion : Kamaru et les autres mises en scène kikuyu
de la nation 45
3
Michael W. Mwaũra
Artistic Discourse and Gender Politics in the
Gĩkũyũ Popular Song 49
Approach and Method 50
Roots in Patriarchy of Popular Song Expression 51
Patriarchal Narrations 53
Entry of the Queen: The Woman Talks back 62
Conclusion 70
4
Mwangi P. Mũhoro
The Poetics of Gĩkũyũ mwomboko: Narrative as a Technique
in HIV-AIDS Awareness Campaign in Rural Kenya 73
Introduction 73
Socio-historical Origins of Mwomboko Poetry 74
Performance of Mwomboko Poetry 77
Arrangement and Dance Movements in Mwomboko 78
Music and Entertainment in Response to HIV-Aids Awareness 82
The Language of Mwomboko Singers 84
Conclusion 92
5
Aurélia Ferrari
Hip-Hop in Nairobi: Recognition of an International Movement and the Main Means of Expression for the Urban Youth in Poor Residential Areas 107
From Street “Free Style”, to the Studio, to the Stage:
The Case of Kalamashaka and Mau Mau Camp 110
– The Beginning of Hip-Hop in Nairobi 110
– Different Influences 111
– The Beginning of Success 112
– Problems Encountered 115
– The Rappers’ Hopes 116
Lyrics: The Division between Militant and Non-Militant Rap 117
– Language of Choice 117
– Major Themes Covered 118
– Conclusion 124
6
Musambayi Katumanga
Folk Poetry as a Weapon of Struggle: An Analysis of the
Chaka Mchaka Resistance Songs of the National Resistance
Movement/Army of Uganda 129
– Introduction 179
Resistance Process and Mobilisation 130
– Mosaic Types 138
– Fixed Line Folklores 142
– Native Poetics 147
7
Maina wa Mũtonya
Ethnic Identity and Stereotypes in Popular Music:
Mugiithi Performance in Kenya 157
– Introduction 157
Music and Identity 162
Stereotypes and Ethnic Identity 164
Cultural Nights 170
Mau Mau Lyrics 170
Conclusion 172
8
Adams Oloo
Song and Politics: The Case of D. Owino Misiani 177
– Introduction 177
Luo Music and the Kenyan Political Scene 181
Owino Misiani 182
Beyond Kenya: Misiani on Governance in Africa 183
Analysing the Kenyan Political Scene through Music 185
Change of Tactic:
From Controversy to Support for the Government 192
Return to Controversy193
Conclusion 198
9
Bantu Mwaura
Orature of Combat: Cultural Aesthetics of Song as
Political Action in the Performance of the Mau Mau Songs 201
The Aesthetics of Gĩkũyũ Orature in the Mau Mau Songs 204
Song as Political Action 216
Song as Orature of Combat 220
10
Herbert F. Makoye
Resistance and Performance Dynamics: The Case of
Busungusungu Vigilantes’ Dance of the Sukuma of Tanzania 225
– Introduction 225
The Sukuma and Sungusungu 226
Dance and Song as a Means of Communication 228
Conclusion240
11
Frowin Paul Nyoni
Music and Politics in Tanzania:
A Case Study of Nyota-wa-Cigogo 241
– Introduction 241
Music forms in Tanzania 247
– Kwaya 242
– Taarab 243
– Jazz-band 244
– Dance 245
– Ngonjera 246
Historical Overview of Music and Politics in Tanzania 246
– The Early Days of Independence 246
– The Arusha Declaration 248
– Party Supremacy and its Control over the Arts 249
– Democratisation process (multiparty political system) 252
Case Study: Nyota-wa-Cigogo 253
– Nyota-wa-Cigogo: Performance 261
Conclusion 270
12
Mwenda Ntarangwi
Hip-Hop, Westernization and Gender in East Africa 273
– Introduction 273
The Emergence of Hip-Hop in East Africa 275
Hip-Hop in East Africa: A New Penomenon or Old Tradition? 281
Hip-Hop and Westernization 284
Hip-Hop and Gendered Identities 290
Conclusions 299
13
Rayya Timammy
Thematising Election Politics in Swahli Epic:
The Case of Mahmoud Abdulkadir 303
14
Alice Bancet
Formation of a Popular Music: Hip-Hop in Tanzania 315
– Introduction 315
– Hip-Hop: A Definition 316
Globalisation of a Culture: The Case of Tanzanian Hip-Hop 318
– From New York Ghettos to Dar es Salaam 318
– Introduction of Hip-Hop in Tanzania, a Contemporary of Uwazi 322
– Heavy Resistance to “Muziki ya kihuni” 324
– From American Mimicry to the Original Creation of Rap
in Kiswahili 327
– Initial Attempts to Promote Hip-Hop 330
– Improved Media Coverage and Popularization of Hip-Hop 332
– The Consecration of Kiswahili Rap – mapinduzi halisi ya
Bongo Flava 334
Confirmation of Hip-Hop with Political and Social Leanings 338
– The Spokespeople for a Society in Crisis 339
– Political and Civic Rap 346
– Artistes’ Involvement in the Defense and Maintenance of
Authentic Hip-Hop Rap 351
Conclusion 352
15
Chantal Logan
The Enduring Power of Somali “Oral Political Poetry”:
Songs and Poems of Peace in the Midst of Chaos 355
The Somali Crisis: A Political Milieu Favourable to the
Spoken Word 357
Oral Political Poetry: An Unbroken Continuum 361
Peace Making and Poetry 365
Women and Peace Poetry 368
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Lupenga Mphande
If you’re Ugly, Know how to Sing:
Aesthetics of Resistance and Subversion 377
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