Liberian Hipco

I.
What is it?
a. Hip hop + colloquial
b. Voice of disenfranchised youth
c. Liberias recent civil war
i. 14 yr long civil war from 1989 to 2003
ii. Because social distinctions and hierarchy when country
was founded
d. Government corruption
i. Rap about how it interferes with ability to succeed
II.
Connects back to many themes covered in the course
a. Form of cultural expression
b. Example of initiative
i. What they are doing themselves to change the world
c. Diaspora
i. Hip hop movement in the US; now this in the 2000s in a
different country, same racial background, use music to
send message just in a different context; hip hop has
spread to the rest of the world
d. Myths and facts about Africa
i. Pot Boiling shows how Africans are connected to the rest of
the world; they are completely engaged with the rest of the
world
e. Atlantic Trade and Enslaved Africans
i. Founded by Free blacks in the US
f. Cultural Development
i. Culture Is not static
ii. Creating HipCo as reaction to current situation
g. Resistance
i. Speaking out against government actions