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Msia Kibona Clark
Msia Kibona Clark is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of African Studies at Howard University in Washington, DC. Her work explores the role of cultural representations in presenting narratives that shape identities and perceptions around race, gender and sexuality. Her work also explores African feminist activism and cyberactivism in digital and social media spaces. Her scholarship includes several articles, chapters and books on hip hop in Africa and African feminist engagement in hip hop and digital media spaces, including the books Hip-Hop in Africa: Prophets of the City & Dustyfoot Philosophers (Ohio University Press, 2018), Hip Hop and Social Change in Africa: Ni Wakati (Lexington Press, 2014), Pan African Spaces: Essays on Black Transnationalism (Lexington Press, 2018), and Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora (Mkuki na Kyota Publishers, 2023). She teaches the courses ‘Black women and popular culture’ and ‘hip hop and social change in Africa’. She is also the creator and host of The Hip Hop African blog and podcast.
