Spaza Hip hop in the townships of Khayelitsha
| dc.contributor.advisor | Ran Annachiara Forte, Jung | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mashiyi, Sikelelwa Anita | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-20T10:55:08Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-20T12:21:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-20T10:55:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-20T12:21:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description | Masters of Art | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Since the arrival of hip-hop in Cape Town and indeed South Africa in the 1980s, a diverse and vibrant range of hip-hop sub-genres has developed in Cape Town. Scholarship, however, have approached hip-hop mainly through a linguistical angle focusing mostly on Cipha hiphop in the Cape Flats. This ethnographic work looks at performances and practices of Spaza hip-hop. It explores the musical genre of Spaza hip-hop in the township of Khayelitsha, discussing ideas advanced by scholarship almost ten years ago and re-assessing issues of language, citizenship and ethnicity from today?s perspective. It looks at Spaza hip-hop not only as a musical genre, as it explores questions of identity, ethnicity, race, and gender. My research discusses how Spaza hip-hop music is consumed today, how it is produced and how it circulates. Across two years of fieldwork, I followed park sessions, open mic sessions and events; I have interviewed artists, producers and audiences. I argue that Spaza hip-hop in 2018 had changed drastically from its first apparition. Not only most of the artists are now older, but also the Spaza hip-hop scene is now invaded by trap hip-hop artists. Across my research I explore issues of gender in hip hop which is generally perceived as a ?masculine? music. I illustrate how female artists constantly challenge norms and negotiate a space of their own, paradoxically transforming Spaza hip hop in a space for freedom. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/9484 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Spaza hip-hop | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hip-hop | en_US |
| dc.subject | Popular culture | en_US |
| dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
| dc.subject | African music | en_US |
| dc.title | Spaza Hip hop in the townships of Khayelitsha | en_US |