ERIC Number: EJ1351032
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Publication Date: 2022
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Transhiphop Pedagogy and Epistemic Disobedience in Senegal
Niati, Noella Binda; Shah, Payal Pradip
International Journal of Research & Method in Education, v45 n3 p271-283 2022
This study situates transnégritude within discussions that consider the ways in which young people in Senegal, with a shared transcolonial narrative, bound through an 'imagined community,' negotiate their space, their identities, and their ways of knowing through a Hip-Hop pedagogy. Our analysis is informed by Mignolo's epistemic disobedience and the geo- and body-politics that challenge neo-colonial epistemologies. The global scope of Hip-Hop culture and its manifestations in West Africa nuances the ways in which young people view education and its impact on their social identity. A transnégritude perspective aptly 'straddles' black identity, agency, and deconstructionism and allows for a fluid navigation of Hip-Hop pedagogy. Through a Hip-Hop pedagogy, young people in Senegal work towards social transformation vis-a-vis informal education as a response to imperialism. In so doing, this study intends to contribute to qualitative inquiries on the connections between Hip-Hop, identity formation, and the 'fluidity and location of engagement' in Hip-Hop culture. The goal is to challenge the formal schooling context and interrogate youth identity and engagement vis-a-vis social transformation.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Activities, Transformative Learning, Instruction, Identification (Psychology), Blacks, Foreign Policy, African American Culture, Social Action, Informal Education, Racial Identification, Personal Autonomy, Decolonization
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Senegal (Dakar)
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