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The goal of this course is to trace the historical roots of the hip-hop movement in the USA with an outlook on its global trajectory. In the 1970s hip-hop culture officially started in New York but has now gained acceptance around the world. As a “voice of the people” rap music in particular has a strong political objective that is at once anti-colonial, anti-racist, anti-imperial as well as against police brutality. Through listening comprehension, film and academic as well as popular reading the course aims at understanding how African-American culture in the USA utilizes rap and hip-hop music as an art form and as a tool for socio-political commentary. Both musical forms have highlighted inner city Afro-American struggles with identity, marginalization, criminalization and socio-cultural exclusion. |
