Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- 1. Religious Versification: from Depoliticisation to Repoliticisation -- 2. L'intellectuel populaire et l'imaginaire politique : Le cas de Joseph Kamaru -- Kamaru, un prophète kikuyu chrétien -- La religion prophétique comme cadre de compréhensiondu politique -- Une pédagogie du changement -- Une théorie de la causalité -- Kamaru et le renouveau du nationalisme kikuyu -- Un leader et pas un despote -- Les élections comme mode populaire d'action politique -- Les femmes et le nationalisme kikuyu contemporain -- Conclusion : Kamaru et les autres mises en scène kikuyu de la nation -- 3. Artistic Discourse and Gender Politics in the Gĩkũyũ Popular Song -- Approach and method -- Roots in patriarchy of popular song expression -- Patriarchal narrations -- Entry of the Queen: the woman talks back -- Conclusion -- 4. The Poetics of Gikũyũ mwomboko: Narrative as a Technique in HIV-AIDS Awareness Campaign in Rural Kenya -- Introduction -- Socio-historical origins of Mwomboko poetry -- Performance of Mwomboko poetry -- Arrangement and dance movements in Mwomboko -- Music and entertainment in response to HIV-Aids awareness -- The language of Mwomboko singers -- Conclusion -- 5. Hip-hop in Nairobi: recognition of an international movement and the main means of expression for the urban youth in poor residential areas -- From street "free style", to the studio, to the stage: the caseof Kalamashaka and MauMau camp -- The beginning of hip-hop in Nairobi -- Different influences -- The beginning of success -- Problems encountered -- The rappers' hopes -- Lyrics: the division between militant and non-militantrap -- Language of choice -- Major themes covered -- Conclusion.

6. Folk poetry as a weapon of struggle: an analysis of the Chaka Mchaka resistance songs of the national resistance movement/army of Uganda -- Introduction -- Resistance process and mobilisation -- 7. Ethnic Identity and Stereotypes in Popular Music: Mũgiithi79 Performance in Kenya -- Introduction -- Music and Identity -- Stereotypes and Ethnic Identity -- Cultural Nights -- Mau Mau Lyrics -- Conclusion -- 8. Song and Politics : the case of D. Owino Misiani -- Introduction -- Luo music and the Kenyan political scene -- Owino Misiani -- Beyond Kenya: Misiani on governance in Africa -- Analysing the Kenyan political scene through music -- Change of tactic: from controversy to support for theGovernment -- Return to controversy -- Conclusion -- 9. Orature of Combat: Cultural Aesthetics of Song as Political Action in the Performance of the Mau Mau Songs -- The Aesthetics of Gikuyu Orature in the MauMau Songs -- Song as Political Action -- Song as Orature of Combat -- 10. Resistance and Performance Dynamics: the case of busungusungu vigilantes' dance of the Sukuma of Tanzania -- Introduction -- The Sukuma and Sungusungu -- Dance and song as a means of communication -- Conclusion -- 11. Music and Politics in Tanzania: a case studyof Nyota-wa-Cigogo -- Introduction -- Music forms in Tanzania -- Kwaya -- Taarab -- Jazz-band -- Dance -- Ngonjera -- Historical Overview of Music and Politics in Tanzania -- The early days of independence -- The Arusha Declaration -- Party supremacy and its control over the arts -- Democratisation process (multiparty political system) -- Case Study: Nyota-wa-Cigogo -- Nyota-wa-Cigogo: performance -- Conclusion -- 12. Hip-Hop, Westernization and Gender in East Africa -- Introduction -- The Emergence of Hip-Hop in East Africa -- Hip-Hop in East Africa: a new phenomenon or oldtradition? -- Hip-Hop and Westernization.

Hip-hop and Gendered Identities -- Conclusions -- 13. Thematising Election Politics in Swahli Epic: the case of Mahmoud Abdulkadir -- 14. Formation of a Popular Music: Hip-hop in Tanzania -- Introduction -- Hip-hop: a definition -- Globalisation of a culture: the case of Tanzanian hip-hop -- From New York ghettos to Dar es Salaam -- Introduction of hip-hop in Tanzania, a contemporary of uwazi -- Heavy resistance to "muziki ya kihuni" -- From American mimicry to the original creation of rap in Kiswahili -- Initial attempts to promote hip-hop -- Improved media coverage and popularization of hip-hop -- The consecration of Kiswahili rap-mapinduzi halisi ya Bongo Flava -- Confirmation of hip-hop with political and socialleanings -- The spokespeople for a society in crisis -- Political and civic rap -- Artistes' involvement in the defence and maintenance of authentic hiphoprap -- Conclusion -- 15. The enduring power of Somali "oral political poetry": songs and poems of peace in the midst of chaos -- The Somali crisis: a political milieu favourable to the spoken word -- Oral political poetry: an unbroken continuum -- Peace making and poetry -- Women and peace poetry -- 16. If you're ugly, know how to sing: aesthetics of resistance and subversion -- Back cover.