Mapping the beat, beating the map : the religious work of Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorChidester, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDonne, Raffaella Delleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-18T06:02:09Z
dc.date.available2014-10-18T06:02:09Z
dc.date.issued2003en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 80-88.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn a post-apartheid, recently democratised South Africa African identity is constantly being negotiated within the media, the political sphere, and a variety of cultural expressions. Firstly, I explore the ways in which the popular musical forms of Hip Hop, Kwaito and Reggae in South Africa are contributing to the forging of a global African identity which challenges Eurocentric conceptions but also inserts an implicit response into recent debates about the limitations of an essentialist, Afrocentric paradigm. Secondly, I argue that the construction of this identity can be located within an interpretative framework that examines how popular music is engaged in a kind of religious work. Historically, musical expressions emerging out of the diaspora as well as from the continent have been media for retaining and reformulating African religion and culture under conditions of extreme social upheaval. Scholars such as Jon Michael Spencer have argued that the religious aspect of black music is informed by the need to be liberated from an oppressed mentality and therefore liberation needs to be regarded as a religious activity, an alternative spirituality which challenges existing socio-political values. Musical expressions such as Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito can be understood as creative transpositions of indigenous African religion within the context of a worldview informed by the supernatural power of the spoken word, the production of a sacred sonic space, and the advancement of what Hip Hop scholar Nelson has referred to as a "combative spirituality."en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDonne, R. D. (2003). <i>Mapping the beat, beating the map : the religious work of Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8608en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDonne, Raffaella Delle. <i>"Mapping the beat, beating the map : the religious work of Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8608en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDonne, R. 2003. Mapping the beat, beating the map : the religious work of Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Donne, Raffaella Delle AB - In a post-apartheid, recently democratised South Africa African identity is constantly being negotiated within the media, the political sphere, and a variety of cultural expressions. Firstly, I explore the ways in which the popular musical forms of Hip Hop, Kwaito and Reggae in South Africa are contributing to the forging of a global African identity which challenges Eurocentric conceptions but also inserts an implicit response into recent debates about the limitations of an essentialist, Afrocentric paradigm. Secondly, I argue that the construction of this identity can be located within an interpretative framework that examines how popular music is engaged in a kind of religious work. Historically, musical expressions emerging out of the diaspora as well as from the continent have been media for retaining and reformulating African religion and culture under conditions of extreme social upheaval. Scholars such as Jon Michael Spencer have argued that the religious aspect of black music is informed by the need to be liberated from an oppressed mentality and therefore liberation needs to be regarded as a religious activity, an alternative spirituality which challenges existing socio-political values. Musical expressions such as Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito can be understood as creative transpositions of indigenous African religion within the context of a worldview informed by the supernatural power of the spoken word, the production of a sacred sonic space, and the advancement of what Hip Hop scholar Nelson has referred to as a "combative spirituality." DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Mapping the beat, beating the map : the religious work of Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito in South Africa TI - Mapping the beat, beating the map : the religious work of Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8608 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8608
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDonne RD. Mapping the beat, beating the map : the religious work of Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8608en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleMapping the beat, beating the map : the religious work of Hip Hop, Reggae and Kwaito in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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