Africana Studies / Rites and Reason Theatre

Nasir Marumo received his doctorate from the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University in February 2026. He is interested broadly in Black expressive culture and social change and is particularly invested in understanding hip hop culture’s shifting capacity to act as a vehicle for counter-hegemonic struggle in the twenty-first century. His research examines the intersection of Black popular culture, digital media technologies, and urban spatial politics, with particular attention to how social media platforms transform the conditions and possibilities of Black youth culture.