The Ugandan hip-hop image: the uses of activism and excess in fragile sites

Singh, Simran ORCID: 0000-0002-3863-774X (2020) The Ugandan hip-hop image: the uses of activism and excess in fragile sites. POPULAR MUSIC, 39 (3-4). pp. 420-438.

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article discusses the characteristics of image in Ugandan hip-hop with a particular focus on representations of activism and excess. Locating Uganda as a fragile site on the basis of widespread political, social and economic marginalisation, this examination considers members of Uganda's first generation of hip-hop artists, to argue that both activism and excess act in singular response to these circumstances. Finding articulation in strivings for economic freedom and social justice, the Ugandan hip-hop image reveals negotiations of histories of colonialism and of contemporary neoliberal capitalism: in doing so, it raises intersections of race and gender, informed by hip-hop's significance as a multi-billion-dollar global industry. This cross-disciplinary inquiry combines ethnomusicology with media, cultural and visual studies in dialogue with political economy.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	03 Nov 2020 09:30
Last Modified:	18 Jan 2023 23:25
DOI:	10.1017/S0261143020000446
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3105717