"Rap for abokhokho nelokishi nabantu bonke" : language choice in hop hop music from KwaZulu-Natal : a sociolinguistic approach.

The main focus of hip hop music is on the beats and the lyrics. Hip hop lyrics. performed as 'rap' (fast poetic rhymes) address topics such as self-portrayal, roots, life, location, time and space. From its beginnings, hip hop music in KwaZulu-Natal has been bilingual with artists performi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gross, Anna J.
Other Authors: Tappe, Heike M. E.
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2327

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