We out here
Remixing student engagement in education via black women’s hip-hop narratives featuring rapsody’s album eve
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21747273 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton (0009-0004-6189-6418, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-31 |
| Publication date | 2026-01-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1550-5170 • E-ISSN: 2156-8154 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15505170.2025.2594089 |
| OpenAlex | W7125895026 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
Hip-hop pedagogy as a form of literacy has proven to be an asset in secondary education that challenges traditional paradigms. This paper explores the impact of centering the narratives/interior lives of Black women in hip-hop on students’ reading comprehension, media literacy, and writing in the authors’ classroom. As an extension of hip-hop pedagogy/feminism, the author engages Black women’s hip-hop narratives (BWHN) to more incisively analyze how the specificity of Black women’s voices shaped learning and increased critical awareness for her students. Reviewing literature in Black feminist theory, culturally relevant pedagogy, hip-hop pedagogy, and assessing student engagement and learnings through BWHN is the inspiration for the Cypher Cs. This work introduces the Cypher Cs as the combination of (1) communal learning, (2) critical thinking, and (3) critical creativity—all critiquing the hegemonic structures of power frequently perpetuated in educational environments. The Cypher Cs center Black women in an English Language Arts (ELA) classroom to dismantle the alienation that often comes with canonical text. Through Blackgirlwoman autoethnography, the author reflects on the impact of BWHN and the Cypher Cs in supporting student literacy
Narrative · Public engagement · Student engagement · Youth engagement · Critical Race Theory in Education · Diverse Music Education Insights · Music History and Culture
Fugitive Pedagogy
Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy as a Form of Liberatory Praxis
We are transformers
The Changing Terrain of the Suburbs
On Being at Home with Myself
Whose culture has capital? A critical race theory discussion of community cultural wealth
But Some of Us Are Brave
Femmenoir pedagogies
A Womanist Experience of Caring
What Is Hip-Hop-Based Education Doing in Nice Fields Such as Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Let's Do This
We can Relate
We Been Relevant
We See You
Formation and Transformation of Funds of Knowledge Among U.S.‐Mexican Households
Teach Like a Black Woman
Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
Like an Old Soul Record
Black womanist teachers' political clarity in theory and practice
Conceptualizing a Black Female Teacher Pipeline
Critical Black women educators
Interlude
Schooling Teachers, Schooling Ourselves
Ideology, rationality and reproduction in education
Critical Race Methodology
Intersectionality's Definitional Dilemmas
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |