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Wetaba, Aggrey Nganyi R.: |
CONTENTS
List of Figures vii
Acknowledgements ix
Abstract xi
List of Abbreviations xii
Background 1
Chapter One
Research Methodology 27
1.1 Introduction 27
1.1.1 Pilot Study 28
1.1.2 Legal Requirement and Research Funding 29
1.1.3 Locale of the Study 29
1.1.4 Nairobi as Preferred Research Site 3o
1.1.5 Taking off 33
1.1.6 Field Techniques 34
1.1.7 Members of the Audience as Respondents 40
1.1.8 Native Researcher and Prior Knowledge 41
1.1.9 Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Findings 43
1.1.10 Literature Review 48
1.1.11 Philosophical and Methodological Framework 73
1.1.12 Theoretical Framework 77
Chapter Two
Negotiating Kenyan Youth; Hip-Hop Artists in Perspective 85
2.1 Introduction 85
2.2 Youth and Violence 99
2.3 Kenyan Youth and Hip-Hop 102
2.4 Self Revelations 103
2.5 Kenyan Urban Space as Motivation for Youth Culture and
Hip-Hop 105
2.6 Eating Spots and Leisure Practices 113
2.7 Youth and Matatu 114
2.8 Conclusion 116
Chapter Three
Urban Space and Hip-Hop in Kenya 121
3.1 The Urban as a Site for this Study 121
3.2 Music and Leisure in the Urban Nairobi 130
3.3 Sheng Language and Construction of Identity
in Kenyan Hip-Hop 140
Chapter Four
The Making of Kenyan Hip-Hop 157
4.0 Meet Kenyan Artists 157
4.1 Brief History of Kenyan Hip-Hop 162
4.2 Kenyan Hip-Hop 165
4.3 Kenyan Hip-Hop Music Production and Distribution 212
Chapter Five
Themes in Kenyan Hip-Hop 259
5.1 Introduction 259
5.2 The Socio-Political in Kenyan Hip-Hop:
The Example of ‘Unbwogable’ 289
5.3 Gospel Hip-Hop; Rapping in the Church 304
5.4 HIV/AIDS: Manyake! and Kenyan Hip-Hop Intervention 315
5.5 Hip-Hop Battle “Mchongoano” 338
5.6 Economy and Class Structure Struggles 342
5.7 Sponsorship of Hip-Hop in Kenya 344
Chapter Six
Kenyan Hip-Hop; Assessing its Impact 355
6.1 Introduction 355
6.1.1 Quest for a Kenyan Musical Identity 357
6.1.2 Names as Form of Expression in Kenyan Hip-Hop 36o
6.1.3 Bidii Yangu and Referents of Economic Empowerment 364
6.1.4 Challenging and Expanding Religious Music Taste
and space 367
6.1.5 Participative Audience; Quest for Consent 370
6.1.6 Edutainment in Kenyan Hip-Hop 371
6.1.7 Ethnic Identity Formations 373
6.1.8 Negotiating Culture and Music Identity in Kenya 374
6.1.9 Kenyan Hip-Hop Movement; Negotiation from
the Periphery 375
6.1.10 Public Image and Youth 377
6.1.11 Socio-political Expression and Negotiation in
Kenyan Hip-Hop 380
6.1.12 Costumes and Dress in Kenyan Hip-Hop 384
6.1.13 Expression in Music and the Search for Identity 387
6.1.14 Social Discourse 389
6.1.15 Sense of Community and Solidarity 391
6.1.16 Media coverage and Kenyan Hip-Hop 394
Summary, Conclusion, Remarks and Recommendations 396
Bibliography 407
Discography 426
Filmography 428
Appendices 429
Curriculum Vitae 449
Declaration 450
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