Reflections on Afrika Bambaataa’s Universal Zulu Nation: horizons, hip hop, and hybridity

Using Hans-Georg Gadamer’s famous discourse on horizons and modern postcolonial theories on black religious pluralism, this article examines Afrika Bambaataa, along with the organization he founded, the Universal Zulu Nation. The emphasis of the analysis is on his overcoming of material borderlands,...

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Main Author: Whitaker, Roy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2021
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-36
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Afrika Bambaataa 1957- / Universal Zulu Nation / Hip-hop / Blacks / Cultural identity / Religious identity
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B New Religious Movement
B Black religious pluralism
B hip hop religion
B African Diaspora
B Hybridity
B horizons
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