The Hip Hop African
By Msia Kibona Clark
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Episodes: 114
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The podcast is the longest-running podcast on African Hip Hop culture. It features discussions on African Hip Hop music & culture from around the continent and the Diaspora. The podcast is produced in the Department of African Studies at Howard University. You can access the podcast at www.hiphopafrican.com and on all major podcast platforms.
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Ep. 103: Ready D on Four Decades of South African Hip Hop
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Ep 102: Simon of Y’en a Marre on Hip Hop, Activism, & the New Senegalese
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Ep 101: Respect the Technique: A Mixtape Episode
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Unapologetic: African Women in Hip-Hop
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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The Sound of the Diaspora: Identity and Resistance in African Hip Hop
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 100: Fou Malade: Hip Hop, Resistance, and the Making of a New African
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Thank you for your support
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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HHAP 99: ZuluMecca, Finding Truth in Creative Expression
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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HHAP 98: Hip Hop’s Golden Ticket?
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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HHAP 97: Graffiti and Streetology w/S. Africa’s Breeze Yoko
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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HHAP 96: Hip Hop Anniversaries and Events
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May 09, 2024 |
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Rhythms of Identity: A Conversation With Cameroonian Artist and Student Astrid Mafogang
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Broadening Rap to New Horizons: A Conversation with Rapper SixSaidIt
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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HHAP Ep 95: South African Hip-Hop Pioneer Emile YX?
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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HHAP 94: Hip Hop’s Political Footprints
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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HHAP 93: Magui Diop: A New Generation of Hip Hop Women in Senegal
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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HHAP 92: Lots of Awards and New Releases from Nigeria
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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HHAP 91: Hip Hop in Africa and the African Diaspora with Toni Blackman
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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HHAP 90: News, Events, and Rap Joint Lagos
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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HHAP 89: Hip Hop Conferences & New Releases
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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HHAP 88: October 2023 Hip Hop African News, Events, and Updates
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep. 87: The Indigenization of Breakdance Aesthetics in Uganda
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep. 86: Hip Hop Events, Updates, News, & the Burna Boy/Khaligraph Jones Conversations
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep. 85: Police Brutality in France, Democracy in Dakar, and Hip-Hop’s 50th
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep. 84: A Conversation with M.I. Abaga on Integrity and Longevity in Hip Hop
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep 83: Nigeria’s Dhoro Styles on Graffiti as a Medium of Communication
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May 05, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep 82: Nigeria’s Loudbase AF Promoting Hip-Hop in Africa
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep. 81: M.anifest: From Madina to the Mecca
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep. 80: Introducting our New Assistant Producer & more Announcements
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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HHAP: Announcements and Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep 79: Hip-Hop culture as a space where Black identities are negotiated and presented
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Jan 07, 2023 |
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HHAP Ep78: Eavesdrop on Cultivating Spaces for Authenticity in Hip-Hop
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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HHAP Ep77: DJ Azuhl on Hip-Hop & DJing Culture in South Africa
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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HHAP Ep76: FOKN Bois on Satire and Music as Social Commentary
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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HHAP EP. 75: Skilled Rhymes and the Bordertowns on the Volta: Ghana’s Keeny Ice
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Conversations with African Women Artists
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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HHAP Ep. 74: Fid Q on Hip Hop, Language, & Culture in Tanzania
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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HHAP Ep 73: A Discussion on Race and Identity in South African Hip Hop
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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HHAP Ep 72: A Conversation on South African Popular Music with Sipho Sithole, p. 1
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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HHAP EP 71: Multiple Diaspora Cultural Experiences Influencing the Creativity of Sampa the Great
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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HHAP Ep 70: Xidus Pain on the UK rap scene and being a hip hop educator
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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HHAP EP. 69: Industry Vet Buddha Blaze on the nature of the music industry in Kenya and Beyond
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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HHAP Ep. 68: Edem, On Navigating the Music Industry in Ghana
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May 11, 2021 |
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HHAP EP. 67: Yugen Blakrok on Spirituality & the Spectrums of Human Experience Found in Her Music
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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HHAP Ep. 66: Kanyi Mavi, and the cultural & Political significance of Doing Hip Hop in Xhosa
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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HHAP EP. 65: Sugar Emcee on the History and Dynamics of Kenya’s Hip Hop Industry
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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HHAP EP. 64: Minista of Agrikulcha (MOA) on the African presence in U.S. hip hop
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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HHAP EP. 63: Gigi Lamayne on Representation & Dismantling Respectability Politics
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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HHAP Ep. 62: Sensai T8 and The HIPHOCALYPSE Fort-Knights Podcast
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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HHAP Ep. 61: An African Hip Hop Palaver
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 60: The Dope Saint Jude Episode
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 59: Moonaya on Dakar’s hip hop collectives, hip hop Pan Africanism, & Western imperialism in Africa.
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 58: The Tanzanian and Diaspora Artists Behind The Lounge Tanzania Mixtape
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 57: Octopizzo on Hip Hop, Refugees, and POlice Brutality in Kenya
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 56: Lord Ekomy Ndong on Gabonese Hip-Hop & French Politics
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May 25, 2020 |
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Hip Hop and Chill with Ife, Fatima and Itohan
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Hip Hop Hour: Review of God Decides by Tellaman
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 55: HIP HOP PALAVER, V.2
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 54: A conversation with MC Jahi from Enemy Radio
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 53: Hip Hop Palaver, v.1
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 52: Medusa, Navigating Hip Hop in Tunisia & France
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 51: Roma Mkatoliki, Challenging Hip Hop Activism in Tanzania
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 50: The Mixtape Episode P. 2
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Jan 01, 2020 |
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HHAP Ep. 49: Mikko, on Being a Hip Hop Journalist and Curator of The Planet’s Rap
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 48: Elom 20ce on The Role of Hip Hop in the Struggle for Pan Africanism
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 47: Lola Monroe, Representing Ethiopia in Mainstream American Hip Hop
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 46: Rwandan-Canadian MC, Shad, on the Evolution of Hip Hop
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 45: Phlow, Navigating Hip Hop & Representation in Nigeria
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 44: From Gabon to the US: Ya Minko on his Experiences in American Hip Hop Culture
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 43: Hip Hop and Activism in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Part 2
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 42: Hip Hop and Activism in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Part 1
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 41: Teck-Zilla Talks Hip Hop, Str8buttah & Afropop Breakbeats
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 40: Modenine Shares His Views on Hip-Hop Culture and Industry in Nigeria
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 39: Rap Radio’s Bionic on Hip-Hop in Nigeria
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 38: Keko on Hip-Hop V. The Politics of Sexuality in Uganda
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 37: Mohamed Benloulou on hip-hop, politics, & (Black) liberation in Algeria
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May 09, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 36: Blitz the Ambassador on His Art, Purpose, & Representation
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 35: From Queens to Dar: Fete Jen on Hip Hop & Lyricist Lounge Tanzania
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 34: Reggie Rockstone on the Pan African connections with Ghanaian Hiplife & Hip Hop Culture
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Feb 02, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 33: The Evolution of M.anifest, from “Immigrant Chronicles” to “God MC”
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Jan 01, 2019 |
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HHAP Ep. 32: Wakazi Bringing Bilingual & Bicultural Elements to Tanzanian Hip-Hop Culture
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Dec 20, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 31: Wachata Crew on Graffiti & Hip Hop Culture in Tanzania
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 30: Hip Hop Producer Duke on Boombap & Hip Hop Production in Tanzania
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 29: Ghanaian Hip Hop Scholar Joseph Ewoodzie on Hip Hop in the South Bronx
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Nov 03, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 28: Politics & Hip Hop from the Children of Sundiata
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 27: Laura Lora on the Politics of Gender & a Ghanaian American Identity
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Sep 02, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 26: Hip Hop Studies at Black Universities in the U.S.
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 25: Klein Fortuin on Hip Hop in Mitchells Plain & Rock the Mic
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Jul 01, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 23: Uganda’s Ruyonga on African/African American Relations, Black Panther, Politics, and Christianity
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May 01, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 22: Thiat of Keur Gui on Hip Hop and Activism Beyond Senegal
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 21: Yugen Blakrok on Hip Hop Lyricism & the Black Panther Project
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Mar 02, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 20: Nazlee Saif on Hip Hop, Sexuality, Race, & Protest in Cape Town
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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African Battle Cry
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Jan 13, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 19: Quentin Williams on Multilingualism & Hip Hop in South Africa
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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HHAP Ep. 18: Meyniak On Hip Hop, Poetry, & Politics in Zimbabwe
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Dec 19, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 17: Abena Rockstar on Hip Hop and the Music Industry in Ghana
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Dec 02, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 16: Wanlov the Kubolor
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 15: Kanyi Mavi on Hip Hop, Xhosa, & Rap Culture in South Africa
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 14: African (Women) MCs & Hip Hop Lyricists
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 13: Tanzanian Hip Hop Artists on English Rap in Tanzania
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Aug 01, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 12: Burkinabe Rap Dialogue
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Jul 01, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 11: Bavubuka Foundation and Indigenous Hip Hop in Africa
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Jun 01, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 10: Hip Hop and the State in Cuba
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May 01, 2017 |
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Artist Profile: Graffiti Writer Behulum
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Apr 26, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 9: A Discussion with Edem on Hip Hop and Language in Ghana
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Apr 03, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 8: Hip Hop in the Academy, in Conversation With Seth Markle
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Mar 05, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 7: Gigi Lamayne on Feminism & Politics in South Africa
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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HHAP Ep. 6: Kwanza Unit, Hip Hop, and Pan Africanism in Tanzania
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Dec 29, 2016 |
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HHAP Ep. 5: Black Activism in the US & South Africa
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Dec 17, 2016 |
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HHAP Ep. 4: Hustlajay Mau Mau and Conscious Hip Hop in East Africa
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Nov 30, 2016 |
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HHAP Ep. 3: Xuman and Keyti on Hip Hop Culture in Senegal
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Nov 02, 2016 |
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HHAP Ep. 2: Scholarship on African Hip Hop
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Oct 15, 2016 |
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HHAP Ep. 1: Podcast Introduction
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Oct 05, 2016 |
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Student Project: South African Visual Feminism
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Apr 18, 2016 |