There is no one African rap, there are hundreds. There are as many rap scenes as there are countries and languages on the continent. All over Africa, rappers and beatmakers are taking the codes and latest trends of American rap, mixing them with the sounds of local music and languages, enriching them with cultural references specific to a place or a community, and thus creating something personal and original, both in terms of the music itself and the videos.
My work to report this bubbling consists in making an objective watch of the…
