The Tunisian rap scene

An Intersectional Analysis of Women Rappers

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3978617
AutoresJyhene Kebsi (0000-0002-0974-794X, Macquarie University Faculty of Arts Ringgold standard institution – Gender Studies, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume30
Fascículo1
Páginas69-91
Data de publicação2025-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13629387.2024.2338069
OpenAlexW4394805867
IdiomaEN
Referências 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