Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction: Youth, Media, and Popular Arts Culture in Contemporary Africa 1
5. Part One. Media Globalization, Popular Afro Hip-Hop, and Postcolonial Political Critique
6. Chapter One. Hip-Hop, Civic Awareness, and Antiestablishment Politics in Senegal: The Rise of the Y en a Marre Movement 37
7. Chapter Two. Rapping, Imagination, and Urban Space in Dar es Salaam 63
8. Chapter Three. Entertainers and Breadwinners: Music in the Lives of Street Children in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 88
9. Chapter Four. Young People, Music, and Sociopolitical Change in Postwar Sierra Leone 111
10. Chapter Five. The Politics of Pleasure in Nigerian Afrobeats 132
11. Part Two. Popular Online Media and Democratic Participation and Engagement
12. Chapter Six. The Regeneration of Play: Popular Culture as Infrapolitics on Instagram 163
13. Chapter Seven “This Is Very Embarrassing and Insulting” Flash Fiction Ghana and Transgressive Writing 188
14. Chapter Eight. Capitalizing on Transgression: Popular Homophobia and Popular Culture in Uganda 208
15. Chapter Nine. Twitter, Youth Agency, and New Narratives of Power in #RhodesMustFall 235
16. Chapter Ten. Resisting Political Oppression: Youth and Social Media in Zimbabwe. Godfrey Maringira and Simbarashe Gukurume 255
17. Part Three. Popular Arts, Everyday Life, and the Politicization of Culture
18. Chapter Eleven. Dressing en Style: Fashion and Fandom in Niger 279
19. Chapter Twelve. The Revolution Lost: Generational Change and Urban Youth Logics in Conakry’s Dance Scene 307
20. Chapter Thirteen. Culture Players and Poly-Ticks: Botswana Youth and Popular Culture Practices 327
21. Chapter Fourteen #FeesMustFall and Youth Deconstruction of South Africa’s Liberation Narrative 352
22. Afterword: Young People and the Future of African Worlds 385
23. Contributors 391
24. Index 395