The pattern of antibiotic utilisation among intensive care unit patients hospitalised in a Gauteng (South African) provincial tertiary hospital: Comparing findings before and durin... by L Spinickum, Z Booth, S Leigh-de Rapper

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The antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of diabetic foot ulcers in the South African public healthcare sector by M J Turner, S Leigh-de Rapper, T P Mokoena, S van Vuuren

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L’alternance codique dans le rap algérien et tunisien by Felix Wiedemann

“…This article examines how the Algerian rapper Lotfi Double Kanon and the Tunisian rapper Balti make use of Arabic, French and English in their songs. …”
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La « jeunesse » comme répertoire critique by Jeanne Lamaison-Boltanski

“…Asserting rap and Rasta cultures in Burkina Faso thereby contributes to the definition of a new African subject, and to the distancing of links based on primogeniture; it favours new affiliations with other groups, stemming from other political principles, based on Pan-Africanism (or blackness), Sankarism, or globalised representations of “youth”. For Rastas and rappers in Burkina Faso, the “youth” category therefore becomes a major operator in the development of their capacity for local political and social criticism, which is inseparable from criticism of what they call korocracy, that is to say the power of firstborns.…”
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Comme une bitch ? Exploration des variations d’usage et de sens entre « bitch » et « chienne » en tant qu’insultes sexistes by Aure Espilondo

“…This possibility is assessed through a case study on the usage of “chienne” and “bitch” by three French female singers and rappers: Aya Nakamura, Tracy de Sá, and Liza Monet. …”
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C’est la cité ! by Philippe Woloszyn, Paul Girard

“…The study of the discourse developed in this audiovisual document aims to bring out the linguistic and metalinguistic patterns defining the socio-cultural framework of the Clairière des Aubiers, while the study of the images is intended to provide keys for interpreting the singular iconic relationship between rappers and the landscape in their daily lives. In doing so, we study the capacity of a medium such as this video clip to reveal all or part of the social reality of a residential area through its portrayal of an ambience and, by the same way, the role of the landscape in the construction of the revealed living environmental identity.…”
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O rap de intervenção social em Maputo, Moçambique by Luca Bussotti, Julio Chinguai

“…Mediante uma reconstrução histórica baseada, essencialmente, em fontes orais e, uma segunda parte, centrada em entrevistas e na análise do discurso de algumas canções de rappers moçambicanos engajados, o artigo aqui apresentado pretende analisar como é que este género musical se difundiu na cidade de Maputo e quais as suas tendências atuais. …”
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