Hip-hop and Decolonized Practices of Language Digitization among the Contemporary !Xun and Khwe Indigenous Youth of South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11417038 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Itunu Ayodeji Bodunrin (0000-0001-8516-7333, Communication Studies, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4-5 |
| Pages | 174-190 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-0046 • E-ISSN: 1992-6049 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02560046.2019.1702070 |
| OpenAlex | W3002304769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 33 |
The paper is based on a long-term study using ethnographic methods among the Indigenous youth of Platfontein, Northern Cape, South Africa between 2013 and 2018. It explores how the children of two migrant groups (the !Xun and Khwe), now settled in the peri-urban township of Platfontein, South Africa, deal with sociolinguistic issues using the contemporary music genre of hip-hop. Platfontein youth produce hip-hop music that, as a by-product, allows for them to digitize, preserve and strengthen their endangered indigenous languages, culture, history and authentic experiences. Such production and digitization can be seen as decolonized practices which enable the youngsters to directly disseminate Indigenous issues, as well as challenge and rewrite colonial and colonizing narratives from the bottom-up. The process of language digitization through popular culture also allows the community to bypass the complex process of inscribing language into a semiotic modality that potentially sheds their fundamental oral qualities. The study explores how the practice enables the youngsters to participate in a global popular culture, develop networks and influence and negotiate the restrictive urban spaces in contemporary South Africa
Archaeology · Colonialism · Digitization · Ethnography · Indigenous · Indigenous language · Media studies · Sociology · Anthropology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Engineering · Gender Studies · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy
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| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |