From Hip-Hop to Human Rights: Professor Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir
When does music become more than music?
As contemporary debates once again spotlight artists, political expression, and the boundaries of the concert stage, the relationship between music, identity, and resistance remains strikingly relevant.
Sociologist Professor Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir was featured in Italian publication Kritica as part of its reflection marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks and their far-reaching impact.
Drawing on his work Representing Islam: Hip-Hop of the September 11 Generation, Professor Kamaludeen examines how Muslim musicians navigated a post-9/11 environment shaped by heightened securitisation, stereotypes and questions of identity and how artists found themselves speaking from a position that was increasingly politicised.
He also highlights how a new generation of Muslim artists has taken hip-hop beyond national conversations on civil rights, using the genre to engage with wider questions of human rights and to build multiracial and transnational solidarity.
At a time when the role of musicians in speaking out on political and humanitarian issues is once again being debated, his research offers a sociological lens for considering a larger question: where do music, identity, politics, and freedom of expression meet?
Read the full article on Kritica.
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