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The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves Halifu Osumare. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
From the deejay to the emcee, the artistic expression of the graffiti artists, and the athleticism of skilled b-boy and b-girl breakers, The Africanist Aesthetic in Global Hip-Hop: Power Moves, is a powerful reflection of the diverse voices of the hip-hop nation from a global perspective. Once considered by critics to be just another passing youth trend, hip-hop has become an influential voice for youth around the globe. Halifu Osumare takes the reader on a cultural journey exploring key components of African artistic expression as they relate to global hip-hop. "Hip-hop culture," he writes, "has become international in breadth and depth, with thousands of cultures throughout the globe having embraced it in various forms ... Given the impact and pervasive confluence of global communications...