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PROGRAMS
About the Program
Exhibits
Education
Film Series
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"There
are other rhythms that are considered more Brazilian, but today
what communicates from one favela to another, from one people
to another, from the poor to the rich, from the hill to the pavement,
from one state to another is the hip-hop. To change hip-hop is to
silence the voice of thousands of people who depend on this culture."
MV Bill (Brazil)
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That's
the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader
edited by Murray Forman (Routledge, 2004)
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Gunshots
in My Cook-Up: Bits and Bites from a Hip-Hop Caribbean Life
by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds (Atria Books, 2002)
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Global
Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA
by Tony Mitchell (Wesleyan University Press, 2001)
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Everybody
Was Kung-Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural
Purity
by Vijay Prashad (Beacon Press, 2001)
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"We
rap in German in order to reach our own public, in order that they
understand our problem... it's a fact of life that if you're not
recognized as a full German citizen you face constant harrassment
and identity checks. " Advanced Chemistry (Germany)
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"If
you want to draw lines and mark yourself off, you have to be willing
to reconnect; if you want to celebrate borders, you have to learn
how to build bridges and know about the alternatives." Juan
Flores (US)
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Slingshot
Hip-Hop: The Palestinian Lyrical Front (2005)
by Jackie Salloum.
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Five
Sides of a Coin
(Seventh
Art, 2004)
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Brown
Like Dat: South Asians and Hip-Hop
(2004)
directed by Raeshem
Nijhon
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Resistencia:
Hip-Hop in Columbia (2002)
directed by Tom Feiling
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"I
don't know if these American MCs realize the impact they make on,
say, a kid living in a shack in Khayelitsha [Township] who's listening
to what they say and trying to apply it to his own life. It would
be quite interesting to know what life is like on that side of cultural
imperialism. " Marlon Burgess (South Africa)
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King Giddra's "911"
reflects on ground zero and it's aftermath in two eras: August
1945 and September 11, 2001. This clip of the first and third
verses of the song appears on their 2002 video Saishu Heiki (Ultimate
Weapon) (Defstar Records, Japan, DFVL-8052). English translation
by scholar Ian Condry. (music video)
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King Giddra's "Bullet
of Truth" questions the education system that "crushes
the dreams of children" as well as the media overload, especially
in terms of advertising, sex and violence, which becomes a kind
of mind control. (audio file with english subtitling)
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"For
a time we didn't have the freedom of expression, not even of thought.
For a while it was a witchhunt against intellectuals, because they
are people who think, we don't have the right to think. We understood
quickly that we would have to do without any kind of radio or television
promotion, we weren't welcome, it wasn't for us. So we thought about
it between us, and we decided we just had to get out there, self-produce.
I remember being in small halls, about 30 people, we'd say it was
for a birthday, then once everyone was there we'd shut the doors
and get on stage with our microphones." Youssef, of Intik
(Algeria/France)
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Intik
(Algeria/France)
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Rab
(Ghana/US)
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Ms.
Dynamite (UK)
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MV
Bill (Brazil)
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DJ
Krush (Japan)
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Zubz
(South Africa)
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"Open
your eyes, there's a whole world out there." Jean Grae
(US)
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RESOURCES
Hip-Hop in a Global Context
Hip-Hop,
Activism, and Social Change
Hip-Hop,
Gender, and Sexuality
Graffiti:
Free Expression, Public Space, and the Commons
Change
Methods' Playlist: Global Hip-Hop
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PROGRAMS
Hip-Hop, Arts, and Activism: What's the
Connection?
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