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The Street Is My Pulpit: Hip Hop and Christianity in Kenya
Mwenda Ntarangwi
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Description for The Street Is My Pulpit: Hip Hop and Christianity in Kenya
Hardback. Series: Interp Culture New Millennium. Num Pages: 192 pages, 6 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; AVGR; HRC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
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.
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. In The Street Is My Pulpit, Ntarangwi forges an uncommon collaboration with his ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Interp Culture New Millennium
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252040061
SKU
V9780252040061
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About Mwenda Ntarangwi
Mwenda Ntarangwi is an associate professor of anthropology at Calvin College. He is the author of East African Hip Hop: Youth Culture and Globalization .
Reviews for The Street Is My Pulpit: Hip Hop and Christianity in Kenya
"Opens a window on one dimension of how younger, politically conscious Kenyan Christians express their faith."
Christianity Today "Well written, entertaining, and eye-opening."
Daily Nation "Refreshing and highly informative."
Christian Century "A remarkably imaginative and personalized approach to popular music and youth culture, which sheds fascinating light on Kenya's changing culture, history, politics, and especially Christianity."
Paul Gifford, ... Read more
Christianity Today "Well written, entertaining, and eye-opening."
Daily Nation "Refreshing and highly informative."
Christian Century "A remarkably imaginative and personalized approach to popular music and youth culture, which sheds fascinating light on Kenya's changing culture, history, politics, and especially Christianity."
Paul Gifford, ... Read more