Di Kamaradas a Irmons

the cape verdean rap and the (re)construction of a resistance identity

Authors

  • Redy Wilson Lima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.vi37.13682

Abstract

The Hip-hop presents to urban young Cape Verdeans at the second half of the 1980s in break dance or b-boying format in the two largest urban centers, Praia and Mindelo. In the 1990s, rap, influenced by Caribbean beats, began to develop in the capital city e at the early 2000s it territorialized in peripheral neighborhoods and became be associated with gangs and street violence. In the late 2000s, it started to be used by some street organizations as a vehicle for spreading pan-Africanist and Afrocentric messages, and from 2010 it became an important identity and political platform. With this paper, based on a ethnographic work on rap and social movements in the cities of Praia and Mindelo i intend to discuss the importance of this musical genre for young people in process of disaffiliation and its role in (re)construction of an identity of resistance.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2020-07-08

How to Cite

Wilson Lima, R. (2020). Di Kamaradas a Irmons: the cape verdean rap and the (re)construction of a resistance identity. TOMO Review, (37), 47–88. https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.vi37.13682

Issue

No. 37 (2020): jul./dez.

Section

Special Issue

License

TOMO journal adopts the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license which allows:

• Share: copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

• Adapt: remix, transform, and create from the material for any purpose, even commercial.

Authors who publish in this journal agree to the following terms:

a) Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons which allows sharing the work with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

b) Authors are authorized to assume additional contracts separately, for non-exclusive distribution of the version of the work published in this journal (eg, publishing in an institutional repository or as a book chapter), with acknowledgment of authorship and initial publication in this journal.

c) Authors are allowed and encouraged to publish and distribute their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their personal page) at any point before or during the editorial process, as this can generate productive changes, as well as increase the impact and citation of the published work (O Efeito do Acesso Livre).

Most read articles by the same author(s)