Hip-hop, Identity, and Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of Motswako as a Bicultural Phenomenon
South Africa is a linguistically and culturally diverse country. South African locals normally assimilate more than one culture, officially and unofficially. The former refers to the systematic transition experienced by speakers of African languages in government schools from acquiring knowledge in...
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| author | Kgomotso Mothokhumo Ambitious Theledi Soyiso Khetoa |
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| description | South Africa is a linguistically and culturally diverse country. South African locals normally assimilate more than one culture, officially and unofficially. The former refers to the systematic transition experienced by speakers of African languages in government schools from acquiring knowledge in their main language, to learning in English, while the latter refers to voluntary access to cultures of other people within their immediate environment. As locals acquire other languages, they in turn acquire the culture of the language they are acquiring because language and culture are indissoluble. This study is premised on the idea that music is a universal language with which musicians communicate aspirations, desires and experiences. Therefore, in this study, the researchers sought to explore the exchange of ideas in hip-hop collaborative projects. The study revealed that in the past, hip-hop was undesirably perceived in South Africa due to associations it had with offensive language and violence. Within the context of the historical past of South Africa, hip-hop was embraced as a mouthpiece to comment against social ills and injustices when locals could not freely express themselves. However, contemporarily, thematic concepts expressed in hip-hop include value for life, an assumption of an expensive lifestyle, objectification of females, socio-political observations, and so forth. The study concludes that collaboration is an important factor in career development within the hip-hop fraternity and encourages collaborative projects beyond terrestrial borders. This study contributes to literature on music and its impact on culture. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3805f1322eac41019ef15b1fc467f72f2025-01-06T15:48:12ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222024-11-015155870https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20245155Hip-hop, Identity, and Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of Motswako as a Bicultural PhenomenonKgomotso Mothokhumo Ambitious Theledi0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1924-5343 Soyiso Khetoa1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3225-9880Department of African Languages, School of Literature, Languages and Media, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.Department of African Languages, School of Literature, Languages and Media, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.South Africa is a linguistically and culturally diverse country. South African locals normally assimilate more than one culture, officially and unofficially. The former refers to the systematic transition experienced by speakers of African languages in government schools from acquiring knowledge in their main language, to learning in English, while the latter refers to voluntary access to cultures of other people within their immediate environment. As locals acquire other languages, they in turn acquire the culture of the language they are acquiring because language and culture are indissoluble. This study is premised on the idea that music is a universal language with which musicians communicate aspirations, desires and experiences. Therefore, in this study, the researchers sought to explore the exchange of ideas in hip-hop collaborative projects. The study revealed that in the past, hip-hop was undesirably perceived in South Africa due to associations it had with offensive language and violence. Within the context of the historical past of South Africa, hip-hop was embraced as a mouthpiece to comment against social ills and injustices when locals could not freely express themselves. However, contemporarily, thematic concepts expressed in hip-hop include value for life, an assumption of an expensive lifestyle, objectification of females, socio-political observations, and so forth. The study concludes that collaboration is an important factor in career development within the hip-hop fraternity and encourages collaborative projects beyond terrestrial borders. This study contributes to literature on music and its impact on culture.https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EHASS20245155.pdfyouthexpressionismbi-culturalframe-shift theorymotswako hip-hop |
| spellingShingle | Kgomotso Mothokhumo Ambitious Theledi Soyiso Khetoa Hip-hop, Identity, and Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of Motswako as a Bicultural Phenomenon E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences youth expressionism bi-cultural frame-shift theory motswako hip-hop |
| title | Hip-hop, Identity, and Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of Motswako as a Bicultural Phenomenon |
| title_full | Hip-hop, Identity, and Cultural Hybridity: An Exploration of Motswako as a Bicultural Phenomenon |
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| title_sort | hip hop identity and cultural hybridity an exploration of motswako as a bicultural phenomenon |
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