Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xii

Introduction: Youth, Media, and Popular Arts Culture in Contemporary Africa

pp 1-34

Part One - Media Globalization, Popular Afro Hip-Hop, and Postcolonial Political Critique

pp 35-36

1 - Hip-Hop, Civic Awareness, and Antiestablishment Politics in Senegal: The Rise of the Y en a Marre Movement

pp 37-62

2 - Rapping, Imagination, and Urban Space in Dar es Salaam

pp 63-87

3 - Entertainers and Breadwinners: Music in the Lives of Street Children in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

pp 88-110

4 - Young People, Music, and Sociopolitical Change in Postwar Sierra Leone

pp 111-131

5 - The Politics of Pleasure in Nigerian Afrobeats

pp 132-160

Part Two - Popular Online Media and Democratic Participation and Engagement

pp 161-162

6 - The Regeneration of Play: Popular Culture as Infrapolitics on Instagram

pp 163-187

7 - “This Is Very Embarrassing and Insulting”: Flash Fiction Ghana and Transgressive Writing

pp 188-207

8 - Capitalizing on Transgression: Popular Homophobia and Popular Culture in Uganda

pp 208-234

9 - Twitter, Youth Agency, and New Narratives of Power in #RhodesMustFall

pp 235-254

10 - Resisting Political Oppression: Youth and Social Media in Zimbabwe

pp 255-276

Part Three - Popular Arts, Everyday Life, and the Politicization of Culture

pp 277-278

11 - Dressing en Style: Fashion and Fandom in Niger

pp 279-306

12 - The Revolution Lost: Generational Change and Urban Youth Logics in Conakry’s Dance Scene

pp 307-326

13 - Culture Players and Poly-Ticks: Botswana Youth and Popular Culture Practices

pp 327-351

14 - #FeesMustFall and Youth Deconstruction of South Africa’s Liberation Narrative

pp 352-384

Afterword: Young People and the Future of African Worlds

pp 385-390

Notes on Contributors

pp 391-394

Index

pp 395-405