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"Aimed at postgraduate students and researchers of anthropology, sociology and youth culture in Africa, and Rwanda in particular, this book offers insights into how urban young people in Rwanda navigate everyday life through popular music and new religious practices, finding ways to exert agency in a challenging political context"--
List of contents
Introduction: Transforming hearts; 1. Of hearts, visions, and Pentecostal subjects; 2. Who are the 'true' sons of God? Ubwenge and Pentecostal ethics; 3. Leaving a legacy: Pentecostal women and timework; 4. Rwanda Shima Imana: the politics of thanksgiving; 5. Pentecostal sounds and voice; 6. Singing from the heart: Music after 1994; 7. Singing life: Hip hop in the city; 8. The making of a 'superstar'; Conclusion: Mihigo and the politics of humanity; Works Cited; Index.
About the author
Andrea Mariko Grant is an anthropologist based at the University of Victoria. Her research focuses on art, popular culture, and media, and their intersections with identity and politics. She was previously a Research Fellow and Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge.
Summary
Aimed at postgraduate students and researchers of anthropology, sociology and youth culture in Africa, and Rwanda in particular, this book offers insights into how urban young people in Rwanda navigate everyday life through popular music and new religious practices, finding ways to exert agency in a challenging political context.
