Bangladeshi rappers wield rhymes as a weapon, with Tupac as their guide
- Written by Mubashar Hasan, Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
Rapper Skibkhan in the video for 'Shob Chup,' which condemns the culture of silence around poverty and inequality in Bangladesh. YouTubeBangladesh, which became independent from Pakistan in 1971, is a young country. Only 7 percent of the 160 million people in this South Asian country – which is home to more Muslims than Iran, Afghanistan and...
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