Janne Rantala
Biographic Data
| ID | 3827705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janne Rantala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janne |
| FAMILY NAME | Rantala |
| SIGNATURE | RANTALA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Eastern Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1030-1088 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Can’t keep streaming folks, I’m dying”: Witnessing a layered revolt in Mozambique
A Sonic Biography of an Afterlife: The Expelled Liberation Leader Uria Simango in Mozambican Rap
This article focuses on two interlinked trends in public memory in Mozambique: the rise of alternative heroes and parallel invocations of seemingly incompatible heroes, particularly as they relate to invocations of Frelimo’s ousted Vice President, Uria Simango, in Mozambican rap. The empirical material was produced by listening to rap music, attending shows, and through interviews and conversations with hip hop musicians in Beira, Chimoio and Map…
Honkasalo, Marja-Liisa. Reikä sydämessä: Sairaus pohjoiskarjalaisessa maisemassa
Marja-Liisa Honkasalo. Reikä sydämessä: sairaus pohjoiskarjalaisessa maisemassa. Tampere: Vastapaino, 2008. Pp. 276. ISBN: 978-951-768-220-6
Msia Kibona Clark. Hip-Hop in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers
Youth and Masquerades in Colonial and Postcolonial Mozambique
Paulo Israel is a historian with long field experience, particularly with the Makonde people of the Mueda plateu in the predominantly rural Cabo Delgado province, located in northern Mozambique nea
Hidrunisa Samora: Invocations of a Dead Political Leader in Maputo Rap
The first president of Mozambique, Samora Machel, died in 1986 in a suspicious aeroplane crash in South Africa. This article focuses on the invocations of Machel in contemporary Maputo rap in the context of a wave of popular invocations, which were followed a few years later by official endorsements of Machel. Through empirical analysis, this article contributes to the debates about Machel’s post-mortem influence in Mozambique and public memory s…
Magic hat economics: Counter-cultural ideals and practices of the Nordic Ting community
The author's anthropological study concerns one of today’s communities with no shared belief system, but with a clear spiritualist orientation. The Nordic Ting Community does not have any defined or committing roles, specialized distribution of tasks, entrance fee to their two annual gatherings, membership or any formal hierarchy. This exiguity of structural differentiation could well be understood to represent ‘subjective spirituality’. This the…
Hidrunisa Samora: Invocations of a Dead Political Leader in Maputo Rap
The first president of Mozambique, Samora Machel, died in 1986 in a suspicious aeroplane crash in South Africa. This article focuses on the invocations of Machel in contemporary Maputo rap in the context of a wave of popular invocations, which were followed a few years later by official endorsements of Machel. Through empirical analysis, this article contributes to the debates about Machel’s post-mortem influence in Mozambique and public memory s…
Magic hat economics: Counter-cultural ideals and practices of the Nordic Ting community
The author's anthropological study concerns one of today’s communities with no shared belief system, but with a clear spiritualist orientation. The Nordic Ting Community does not have any defined or committing roles, specialized distribution of tasks, entrance fee to their two annual gatherings, membership or any formal hierarchy. This exiguity of structural differentiation could well be understood to represent ‘subjective spirituality’. This the…
Youth and Masquerades in Colonial and Postcolonial Mozambique
Paulo Israel is a historian with long field experience, particularly with the Makonde people of the Mueda plateu in the predominantly rural Cabo Delgado province, located in northern Mozambique nea
Hidrunisa Samora: Invocations of a Dead Political Leader in Maputo Rap
The first president of Mozambique, Samora Machel, died in 1986 in a suspicious aeroplane crash in South Africa. This article focuses on the invocations of Machel in contemporary Maputo rap in the context of a wave of popular invocations, which were followed a few years later by official endorsements of Machel. Through empirical analysis, this article contributes to the debates about Machel’s post-mortem influence in Mozambique and public memory s…
Msia Kibona Clark. Hip-Hop in Africa: Prophets of the City and Dustyfoot Philosophers
Honkasalo, Marja-Liisa. Reikä sydämessä: Sairaus pohjoiskarjalaisessa maisemassa
Marja-Liisa Honkasalo. Reikä sydämessä: sairaus pohjoiskarjalaisessa maisemassa. Tampere: Vastapaino, 2008. Pp. 276. ISBN: 978-951-768-220-6
A Sonic Biography of an Afterlife: The Expelled Liberation Leader Uria Simango in Mozambican Rap
This article focuses on two interlinked trends in public memory in Mozambique: the rise of alternative heroes and parallel invocations of seemingly incompatible heroes, particularly as they relate to invocations of Frelimo’s ousted Vice President, Uria Simango, in Mozambican rap. The empirical material was produced by listening to rap music, attending shows, and through interviews and conversations with hip hop musicians in Beira, Chimoio and Map…
Can’t keep streaming folks, I’m dying”: Witnessing a layered revolt in Mozambique
Political science (4 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)