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The street is my pulpit : hip hop and Christianity in Kenya / Mwenda Ntarangwi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ntarangwi, Mwenda, author.
- Series:
- Interpretations of culture in the new millennium
- Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juliani, 1984-.
- Juliani.
- Christian rap (Music)--Kenya.
- Christian rap (Music).
- Christianity--Kenya.
- Christianity.
- Music and youth--Kenya.
- Music and youth.
- Youth--Kenya--Social conditions--21st century.
- Youth.
- Rap musicians--Kenya.
- Rap musicians.
- Social conditions.
- Kenya.
- Genre:
- Christian rap (Music)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- To some, Christianity and hip hop seem antithetical. Not so in Kenya. There, the music of Julius Owino, aka Juliani, blends faith and beats into a potent hip hop gospel aimed at a youth culture hungry for answers spiritual, material, and otherwise. Mwenda Ntarangwi explores the Kenyan hip hop scene through the lens of Juliani's life and career. A born-again Christian, Juliani produces work highlighting the tensions between hip hop's forceful self-expression and a pious approach to public life, even while contesting the basic presumptions of both. Ntarangwi's uncommon collaboration with his subject that offers insights into Juliani's art and goals even as Ntarangwi explores his own religious experience and subjective identity as an ethnographer. What emerges is an original contribution to the scholarship on hip hop's global impact and a passionate study of the music's role in shaping new ways of being Christian in Africa. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Intersections, overlaps, and collaborations
- Cultural preferences, Christianity, and the street
- Hip hop's recasting of Christianity and gospel music in Kenya
- Kama si sisi nani? Juliani's gospel of self-empowerment
- Media and contested Christian identities
- Juliani: lyrical genius with a socially conscious message
- Conclusion: parallel but intersecting paths
- Appendix: Shops selling Juliani's exponential potential.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ntarangwi, Mwenda. Street is my pulpit.
- ISBN:
- 9780252098260
- 0252098269
- 0252040066
- 9780252040061
- 9780252081552
- 0252081552
- Publisher Number:
- 99983111230
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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