Library of DanceDark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop
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Dark Matter in Breaking Cyphers: The Life of Africanist Aesthetics in Global Hip Hop

Imani Kai Johnson · Oxford University Press · 2023

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Theorises the cypher itself as the organising form of breaking worldwide, tracing its Africanist ritual logic across continents; written by a scholar who has spent two decades inside breaking events as judge, MC and participant. Amazon affiliate link should be generated from the ISBN.

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