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Title Slam poetry in Chad: a space of belonging in an environment of violence and repression
Full text https://www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journals/conflict-and-society/8/1/arcs080115.xml?ArticleBodyColorStyles=pdf-4278
Date 2022
Author(s) Bruijn, M.E. de
Abstract How can we explain the increasing popularity of slam poetry among youth in societies colored by long histories of conflict and political repression? This article explores this question for the rise of slam poetry in Chad, since 2014, a conflict-ridden country with an authoritarian regime and deep poverty, characteristics of a society in duress. In Francophone Africa we can speak of a slam poetry movement, where slam as a form of expression and the organization of (inter)national festivals has become a space of belonging for young people in Africa who must cope with societies in duress. The article is the result of my long engagement with the slam scene in francophone Africa. - NWO - W 01.70.600.001 - Africa's global connections - ASC ' Publicaties niet-programma gebonden
Subject(s) Chad; Art; Slam poetry; Agency; Conflict
Language en
Type of publication Article / Letter to editor; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; Text
Format application/pdf
Source Conflict and Society. Advances in Research
Identifier doi:10.3167/arcs.2022.080115; lucris-id:515270691
Repository Leiden - University of Leiden
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