About this session:
Based on group discussions with displaced Sudanese rappers, this presentation attempts to answer the question: What is the social life of Sudanese rap among the displaced Sudanese communities in Cairo?
After briefly discussing the significance of rap music for the artists, the presentation will detail the musical and linguistic aspects of Sudanese rap and the themes the artists have been engaging with since the most recent war unfolded, giving voice to their direct and indirect experiences of war and displacement, migration and social dynamics within Sudanese communities in Egypt. We will finally explore the process of creation, transmission and reception of Sudanese Rap in the local Egyptian territory and its links with Sudanese music production houses and markets.
Speaker:
Dalia Ibraheem, Anthropology PhD candidate, Rutgers University
Artists:
Veto, Gizzy, Ghayaz, Dady, Psyco ft Dj Jamaica and Alaa Fifty
Venue:
Ifao gardens, Mounira Palace.
ASWAT
Sounds – and music – are able to shape individual and collective identities, define spaces and borders, denote cultures, transmit knowledge and influence style lives.
ASWAT is a series of music meetings and music performances focusing on Egyptian culture(s) of music that seeks to explore a range of musical practices across Egypt, and beyond, through the contribution of academic speakers and music makers, followed by a concert. The meetings will offer the opportunity to deepen some historical, religious, social and musicological aspects that interwoven in, and from, the Egyptian music heritage, addressing creation, performance and reception practice.
Aswat is a joint initiative from CEDEJ, IFAO supported by IFE.
