The Polyglot Rapper
Is Forkeh the new face of Cameroon’s polyglot rap scene?
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U No Di See by Sentury Yob
Midway between spoken word and rap, this song hardly draws parallels with contemporary Cameroonian music because it draws from old school rap and experiments with Pidgin English. Mufor Eric Atangana aka Sentury Yob was born in 1988. He is a poet, rapper, writer, photographer and graphic designer. Sentury merges poetry with photography,
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The Question of Language in Contemporary African Hip-Hop: Locating Valsero, 2Face and eLDee
Rene Nyah Yong Although hip-hop historians cite 1978 as its birthday, hip-hop’s roots can well be referred to the African continent. Music had long been part and parcel of the religion and culture of the African people. It had always been used as an accompaniment in everyday life, as Mbiti puts it: “Wherever the African…