Research Lead - Prof Griff Rollefson, School of Film, Music &Theatre, University College Cork
Housed in the UCC School of Film, Music, and Theatre this ERC funded project is the world’s first global study of hip hop music and culture.
UCC’s Dr Griff Rollefson and a team of global researchers will investigate how and why this highly localised African American music has translated so easily to far-flung communities and contexts around the globe.
The music already impacts every young person across Ireland and across the world, so this study attempts to tell us why it is so appealing and useful for speaking truth, for combatting racism, but also it’s role as a creative and positive platform for tackling societal problems.
— Prof Griff Rollefson looks on during the performance of "Ubuntu: Local is Global" at UCC
— Young rappers from Cork City's Kabin Studio and the Cork Migrant Centre unite
— Cork Migrant Centre Mentor, MC Olympio
— Cork Migrant Centre Mentor and Ubuntu Artistic Director, Andrea Williams
— Young rappers from Cork City's Kabin Studio at the Ubuntu performance in UCC
— Dancers from the Cork Migrant Centre at the Ubuntu performance in UCC