The Tunisian rap scene

An Intersectional Analysis of Women Rappers

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3978617
AutoresJyhene Kebsi (0000-0002-0974-794X, Macquarie University Faculty of Arts Ringgold standard institution – Gender Studies, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas69-91
Fecha de publicación2025-01-02
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13629387.2024.2338069
OpenAlexW4394805867
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas36

This article focuses on Tunisian women rappers and shows how these artists have carved a space for themselves in the masculine musical genre of rap. This paper highlights the complexity of the issues depicted in female rappers' songs. The article sheds light on the rappers: Medusa, Sabrina, Tuny Girl and Queen Nesrine. These female rappers defend women's rights in their songs, while also stressing the multi-layeredness of Tunisian women's lives and struggles. Their songs target multiple forms of marginalisation relating to sexism, poverty, corruption, classism, security, employment and law and justice. Despite their awareness of and resistance to male dominance, these rappers do not reduce Tunisian women's problems to patriarchy. Rather, they emphasise the impact of the intersection between geopolitical and socio-economic issues on women and girls. This paper demonstrates that Tunisian women rappers use their art in order to expose women's intersectional realities and the various challenges they face

Dominance (genetics · Face (sociological concept · Patriarchy · Social science · Sociology · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Music History and Culture · Race, History, and American Society