While the use of the term 'spaza' indicates a resistance to American influence on hip hop it does not necessarily entail 'closure' against transnational cultural flows or the search for a fixed, presumably 'traditional' African identity. The use of African languages in hip hop has given rise to the concept of 'spaza' hip hop, 'spaza' being the term used in South Africa for the unlicensed tuck shops set up by township residents during the apartheid era in order to challenge the economic disenfranchisement of black people. It is based on ethnographic research undertaken in 2005 and focuses on hip hop performers who rap in an African language. This article investigates hip hop, identity and global cultural flows among young people in contemporary Cape Town. Global and African: exploring hip-hop artists in Philippi township, Cape Town ![]() The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here
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