Aesthetic of the entrepreneur: Afro-cosmopolitan rap and moral circulation in Accra, Ghana

Anthropological Quarterly

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 631-668

  Shipley, Jesse Weaver ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro cosmopolitanism; Circulation; Ghana; Hiphop; Humor; Morality; Popular culture; Publics; Urban Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 73349120949     PISSN: 00035491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/anq.0.0074     Document Type: Article

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