The Politics of Analysing South African Rap Music style

Methods, Methodologies, and Doing the Right Thing.

Lee Watkins is the Director of the International Library of African Music (ILAM), an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of African music. Seated in Grahamstown, South Africa, ILAM is attached to the Music Department at Rhodes University. Lee Watkins’s interests include applied studies in music, hip hop studies, and critical music theory.

The Research Colloquium provides a forum for local and international scholars to engage in crossdisciplinary and methodological debates in Southern African Studies, with particular reference to Namibian Studies. It is jointly offered with the School of Humanities, Society and Development, University of Namibia in online sessions and is open to all levels.

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