Sorry for the person reading this, I really did not have time to do a rough draft so I put it together very quickly. Any help would be appreciated.
With South africa’s freedom and break from the oppression of
apartheid came a new genre of music, Kwaito. This genre became the voice of the
black youth that rose from the townships. It gave those who were underprivileged
an opportunity to be heard and become successful. Although kwaito has been
influenced by many past genres such as marabi, kwela, and bubblegum music of
the 80’s, hip-hop has the most influence on kwaito artists.
Influenced by west coast hip hop in the dress and the
lifestyle, it’s a culture where people are in a disadvantaged area and want to
be make it big. They understand they are less fortunate than other people and
use kwaito as a way of becoming someone.
Kwaito is something for people who are not as advantaged to
make something of themselves and represents a struggle and it’s a way of
expressing themselves.
Hip-hop influences kwaito because they both represent
struggle. West coast hip-hop has been more influential especially within the
dress and the gangster rap which tsotsi’s can relate to.
The township is being celebrated by
the youth of South Africa in Kwaito music, this is interesting when one
considers that the township was created to keep a ready supply of cheap labor
under control by the apartheid government.
Critical essay on post-apartheid South Africa and the influence of Kwaito music.
Steingo, Gavin. "South African music after Apartheid: kwaito, the 'party politic,' and the appropriation of gold as a sign of success."Popular Music and Society July 2005: 333+. Academic OneFile. Web. 10 Oct. 2012.
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