“Chant Down the System ‘till Babylon Falls”: The Political Dimensions o…

In Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital and hub of cultural activity, two youth movements – Underground Hip Hop and Urban Grooves – are portrayed as, or lay claim to be, representing Hip hop. Yet, they espouse very different definitions of Hip hop. Although Urban Grooves is essentially an umbrella term for urban pop music that blends Afro-diasporic genres, mainly dancehall, r&b, and rap, with local…