Women in hip-hop in South Africa
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Since the early 1980s, South African hip-hop has grown significantly as both a musical and social movement. It started in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town in the early 1980s.[1] The first all-female hip-hop group was Yo Girls, who also emerged in Cape Town in the 1980s.[2] Over a decade later in 2002, the group Godessa became the first all-female hip hop group in South Africa to sign a record deal.[3]
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Over the years, South Africa slowly saw the emergence of over a dozen female artists into the mainstream hip-hop scene, leading Okay Africa to declare 2018 as "the year [that] women won in South African hip-hop".[4]
In a study done on Hip Hop songs produced by African women, it was found that the majority of songs came from South Africa. It was also found that South African Hip Hop was more likely to address social issues such as patriarchy, corruption, and conflict.[5] It is also believed that this is due to the greater access to resources within the country as well as the fact that it historically been more tolerant of queer identities. [5]