@article{ref1,
title="'Brains, means, lyrical ammunition': hip-hop and socio-racial agency among African Students in Kharkiv, Ukraine",
journal="Popular music",
year="2011",
author="Helbig, Adriana",
volume="30",
number="3",
pages="315-330",
abstract="In the last decade, multi-racial hip-hop scenes in Kharkiv, a predominantly Russian-speaking eastern Ukrainian city close to the Russian border, have fostered the development of socially-conscious hip-hop among African students. Drawing on musical elements from their respective home countries, the US and local hip-hop traditions, African male youths use Ukrainian-, Russian- and English-language lyrics to express concerns about socio-economic status, personal struggle and racial inclusion. This study analyses how African musicians use hip-hop as a social means through which to fight the escalating violence against dark-skinned foreigners and migrants. It draws on ethnographic data to identify several ways in which African-performed hip-hop has influenced contemporary public opinions regarding 'black' identity in eastern Ukraine.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0261-1430",
doi="10.1017/S0261143011000250",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0261143011000250"
}