Spoken Word from the North: Contesting Nation, Politics, and Identity.

The article explores the performance texts of Caribbean-Canadian music artists, which include Motion, nth digri, Estelle Boateng, Dwayne Morgan and D'bi Young . It investigates the relationship of performers to other established black musical forms such as reggae, dance hall, jazz, dub, calypso, and...

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Publicado en:Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean & Its Diasporas Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 3 - 25
Autores principales: FLYNN, KAREN, MARRAST, EVELYN
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Caribbean Diaspora Press Inc. Spring/Summer2008
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Sumario:The article explores the performance texts of Caribbean-Canadian music artists, which include Motion, nth digri, Estelle Boateng, Dwayne Morgan and D'bi Young . It investigates the relationship of performers to other established black musical forms such as reggae, dance hall, jazz, dub, calypso, and hip-hop. It argues that these musicians engage in the process of border crossing, borrowing from other black artistic forms to create and produce a syncretic and hybridized mix revealing certain affiliations and continuities in terms of broader Diasporic concerns.