Streets of fire: African urban musics between resiliencies and insurgencies

The identity process in contemporary African cities handles ambivalently with their sounds. Paradoxically, in the globalization process, detraditionalization sensitive have been reveals the local specificities. So we can ask if rhythms and musical groups in Africa are forms of resistance and insurgency Assuming that music is a way of collective experience and the redefinition of space, the aim of this panel is to examine the meanings of discourses and practices on African urban music to ident..