Exploring African Hip-Hop

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Published December 3, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Banning Eyre reviews new albums by two African hip-hop groups, Daara J and X Plastaz. Eyre says their music embodies ways that Africans are debating their cultural identity through music.

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