Hip Hop African Podcast

By Department of African Studies, Howard University

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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.

Episode Date
The Camenigerica Podcast
Apr 25, 2024
Schooled in Social Change: Graffiti in Senegal and DJing in South Africa
Apr 25, 2024
Rhythms of Identity: A Conversation With Cameroonian Artist and Student Astrid Mafogang
Apr 24, 2024
Battling Censorship and Appealing to Authoritarianism
Apr 24, 2024
Broadening Rap to New Horizons: A Conversation with Rapper SixSaidIt
Apr 23, 2024
HHAP Ep 95: South African Hip-Hop Pioneer Emile YX?
Mar 18, 2024
HHAP 94: Hip Hop’s Political Footprints
Feb 18, 2024
HHAP 93: Magui Diop: A New Generation of Hip Hop Women in Senegal 
Feb 07, 2024
HHAP 92: Lots of Awards and New Releases from Nigeria
Jan 15, 2024
HHAP 91: Hip Hop in Africa and the African Diaspora with Toni Blackman
Jan 01, 2024
HHAP 90: News, Events, and Rap Joint Lagos
Dec 06, 2023
HHAP 89: Hip Hop Conferences & New Releases
Nov 06, 2023
HHAP 88: October 2023 Hip Hop African News, Events, and Updates
Oct 09, 2023
HHAP Ep. 87: The Indigenization of Breakdance Aesthetics in Uganda
Sep 18, 2023
HHAP Ep. 86: Hip Hop Events, Updates, News, & the Burna Boy/Khaligraph Jones Conversations
Sep 05, 2023
HHAP Ep. 85: Police Brutality in France, Democracy in Dakar, and Hip-Hop’s 50th 
Jul 11, 2023
HHAP Ep. 84: A Conversation with M.I. Abaga on Integrity and Longevity in Hip Hop
Jun 01, 2023
HHAP Ep 83: Nigeria’s Dhoro Styles on Graffiti as a Medium of Communication
May 05, 2023
HHAP Ep 82: Nigeria’s Loudbase AF Promoting Hip-Hop in Africa
Apr 02, 2023
HHAP Ep. 81: M.anifest: From Madina to the Mecca
Mar 03, 2023
HHAP Ep. 80: Introducting our New Assistant Producer & more Announcements
Feb 14, 2023
HHAP Ep. 79.5: Announcements and Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop
Feb 13, 2023
HHAP Ep 79: Hip-Hop culture as a space where Black identities are negotiated and presented
Jan 07, 2023
HHAP Ep78: Eavesdrop on Cultivating Spaces for Authenticity in Hip-Hop
Oct 03, 2022
HHAP Ep77: DJ Azuhl on Hip-Hop & DJing Culture in South Africa
Sep 05, 2022
HHAP Ep76: FOKN Bois on Satire and Music as Social Commentary
Apr 05, 2022
HHAP EP. 75: Skilled Rhymes and the Bordertowns on the Volta: Ghana’s Keeny Ice
Mar 08, 2022
HHAP Ep. 74: Fid Q on Hip Hop, Language, & Culture in Tanzania
Dec 08, 2021
HHAP Ep 73: A Discussion on Race and Identity in South African Hip Hop
Nov 12, 2021
HHAP Ep 72: A Conversation on South African Popular Music with Sipho Sithole, p. 1
Oct 04, 2021
HHAP EP 71: Multiple Diaspora Cultural Experiences Influencing the Creativity of Sampa the Great
Aug 04, 2021
HHAP Ep 70: Xidus Pain on the UK rap scene and being a hip hop educator
Jul 01, 2021
HHAP EP. 69: Industry Vet Buddha Blaze on the nature of the music industry in Kenya and Beyond
Jun 05, 2021
HHAP Ep. 68: Edem, On Navigating the Music Industry in Ghana
May 11, 2021
HHAP EP. 67: Yugen Blakrok on Spirituality & the Spectrums of Human Experience Found in Her Music
Apr 23, 2021
HHAP Ep. 66: Kanyi Mavi, and the cultural & Political significance of Doing Hip Hop in Xhosa
Apr 10, 2021
HHAP EP. 65: Sugar Emcee on the History and Dynamics of Kenya’s Hip Hop Industry
Mar 20, 2021
HHAP EP. 64: Minista of Agrikulcha (MOA) on the African presence in U.S. hip hop
Mar 05, 2021
HHAP EP. 63: Gigi Lamayne on Representation & Dismantling Respectability Politics
Feb 18, 2021
HHAP Ep. 62: Sensai T8 and The HIPHOCALYPSE Fort-Knights Podcast
Feb 01, 2021
HHAP Ep. 61: An African Hip Hop Palaver
Dec 10, 2020
HHAP Episode 60: The Dope Saint Jude Episode
Oct 01, 2020
HHAP EPISODE 59: Moonaya on Dakar’s hip hop collectives, hip hop Pan Africanism, & Western imperialism in Africa.
Sep 01, 2020
Hip Hop African Podcast Episode 58: The Tanzanian and Diaspora Artists Behind The Lounge Tanzania Mixtape
Aug 13, 2020
HHAP Episode 57: Octopizzo on Hip Hop, Refugees, and POlice Brutality in Kenya
Jun 15, 2020
HHAP Episode 56: Lord Ekomy Ndong on Gabonese Hip-Hop & French Politics
May 25, 2020
Mixtape: In the Pocket: South Africa’s Spittas
Apr 26, 2020
Hip Hop and Chill with Ife, Fatima and Itohan
Apr 23, 2020
Hip Hop Hour: Review of God Decides by Tellaman
Apr 23, 2020
HHAP EPISODE 55: HIP HOP PALAVER, V.2
Apr 17, 2020
HHAP: Episode 54: A conversation with MC Jahi from Enemy Radio
Apr 06, 2020
HHAP EPISODE 53: Hip Hop Palaver, v.1
Mar 30, 2020
HHAP Episode 52: Medusa, Navigating Hip Hop in Tunisia & France
Mar 18, 2020
HHAP Episode 51: Roma Mkatoliki, Challenging Hip Hop Activism in Tanzania
Feb 13, 2020
HHAP Episode 50: The Mixtape Episode P. 2
Jan 01, 2020
HHAP EPISODE 49: Mikko, on Being a Hip Hop Journalist and Curator of The Planet’s Rap
Dec 20, 2019
HHAP Episode 48: Elom 20ce on The Role of Hip Hop in the Struggle for Pan Africanism
Dec 10, 2019
HHAP Episode 47: Lola Monroe, Representing Ethiopia in Mainstream American Hip Hop
Dec 01, 2019
HHAP Episode 46: Rwandan-Canadian MC, Shad, on the Evolution of Hip Hop
Nov 13, 2019
HHAP Episode 45: Phlow, Navigating Hip Hop & Representation in Nigeria
Oct 01, 2019
HHAP Episode 44: From Gabon to the US: Ya Minko on his Experiences in American Hip Hop Culture
Sep 02, 2019
HHAP Episode 43: Hip Hop and Activism in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Part 2
Aug 21, 2019
HHAP Episode 42: Hip Hop and Activism in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Part 1
Aug 13, 2019
HHAP Episode 41: Teck-Zilla Talks Hip Hop, Str8buttah & Afropop Breakbeats
Jul 17, 2019
HHAP EPISODE 40: Modenine Shares His Views on Hip-Hop Culture and Industry in Nigeria
Jul 12, 2019
HHAP EPISODE 39: Rap Radio’s Bionic on Hip-Hop in Nigeria
Jul 01, 2019
HHAP Episode 38: Keko on Hip-Hop V. The Politics of Sexuality in Uganda
Jun 03, 2019
HHAP Episode 37: Mohamed Benloulou on hip-hop, politics, & (Black) liberation in Algeria
May 09, 2019
HHAP Episode 36: Blitz the Ambassador on His Art, Purpose, & Representation
Apr 01, 2019
HHAP Episode 35: From Queens to Dar: Fete Jen on Hip Hop & Lyricist Lounge Tanzania
Mar 01, 2019
HHAP Episode 34: Reggie Rockstone on the Pan African connections with Ghanaian Hiplife & Hip Hop Culture
Feb 02, 2019
HHAP Episode 33: The Evolution of M.anifest, from “Immigrant Chronicles” to “God MC”
Jan 01, 2019
HHAP Episode 32: Wakazi Bringing Bilingual & Bicultural Elements to Tanzanian Hip-Hop Culture
Dec 20, 2018
HHAP Episode 31: Wachata Crew on Graffiti & Hip Hop Culture in Tanzania
Dec 10, 2018
HHAP Episode 30: Hip Hop Producer Duke on Boombap & Hip Hop Production in Tanzania
Dec 01, 2018
HHAP Episode 29: Ghanaian Hip Hop Scholar Joseph Ewoodzie on Hip Hop in the South Bronx
Nov 03, 2018
HHAP Episode 28: Politics & Hip Hop from the Children of Sundiata
Oct 05, 2018
HHAP Episode 27: Laura Lora on the Politics of Gender & a Ghanaian American Identity
Sep 02, 2018
HHAP Episode 26: Hip Hop Studies at Black Universities in the U.S.
Aug 01, 2018
HHAP Episode 25: Klein Fortuin on Hip Hop in Mitchells Plain & Rock the Mic
Jul 01, 2018
HHAP Special Episode: Hip-Hop in Africa Book Talk
Jun 23, 2018
HHAP Episode 24: Free Speech, Censorship, and Protest in China and South Africa
Jun 01, 2018
HHAP Episode 23: Uganda’s Ruyonga on African/African American Relations, Black Panther, Politics, and Christianity
May 01, 2018
HHAP Episode 22: Thiat of Keur Gui on Hip Hop and Activism Beyond Senegal
Apr 02, 2018
HHAP Episode 21: Yugen Blakrok on Hip Hop Lyricism & the Black Panther Project
Mar 02, 2018
HHAP Episode 20: Nazlee Saif on Hip Hop, Sexuality, Race, & Protest in Cape Town
Feb 01, 2018
HHAP Episode 19: Quentin Williams on Multilingualism & Hip Hop in South Africa
Jan 01, 2018
HHAP Episode 18: Meyniak On Hip Hop, Poetry, & Politics in Zimbabwe
Dec 19, 2017
HHAP Episode 17: Abena Rockstar on Hip Hop and the Music Industry in Ghana
Dec 02, 2017
HHAP Episode 16: Wanlov the Kubolor
Nov 01, 2017
HHAP Episode 15: Kanyi Mavi on Hip Hop, Xhosa, & Rap Culture in South Africa
Oct 01, 2017
HHAP Episode 14: African (Women) MCs & Hip Hop Lyricists
Sep 01, 2017
HHAP Episode 13: Tanzanian Hip Hop Artists on English Rap in Tanzania
Aug 01, 2017
HHAP Episode 12: Burkinabe Rap Dialogue
Jul 01, 2017
HHAP Episode 11: Bavubuka Foundation and Indigenous Hip Hop in Africa
Jun 01, 2017
HHAP Episode 10: Hip Hop and the State in Cuba
May 01, 2017
Artist Profile: Graffiti Writer Behulum
Apr 26, 2017
HHAP Episode 9: A Discussion with Edem on Hip Hop and Language in Ghana
Apr 03, 2017
HHAP Episode 8: Hip Hop in the Academy, in Conversation With Seth Markle
Mar 05, 2017
HHAP Episode 7: Gigi Lamayne on Feminism & Politics in South Africa
Feb 06, 2017