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    Focus on Nigeria: Literature and Culture (Matatu - Journal for African Culture and Society)

     
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    Focus on Nigeria: Literature and Culture (Matatu - Journal for African Culture and Society)

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    This issue of Matatu offers cutting-edge studies of contemporary Nigerian literature, a selection of short fiction and poetry, and a range of essays on various themes of political, artistic, socio-linguistic, and sociological interest. Contributions on theatre focus on the fool as dramatic character and on the feminist theatre of exclusion (Tracie Uto-Ezeajugh). Several essays examine the poetry of Hope Eghagha and the Delta writer Tanure Ojaide. Studies of the prose fiction of Chinua Achebe, Tayo Olafioye, Uwem Akpan, and Chimamanda Adichie are complemented by a searching expose of the exploitation of Ayi Kwei Armah on the part of the metropolitan publishing world and by a recent interview with the poet Jumoko Verissimo. Traditional culture is considered in articles on historical sites in Ile-Ife, witchcraft in Etsako warfare, and the Awonmili women's collective in Awka. Linguistically oriented studies consider political speeches, drug advertising, and Yoruba anthroponyms. Performance-focused essays focus on Emirate court spectacle (durbar), Yoruba drum poetry in contemporary media, gospel music, indigenization and islamization of military music, and the role of the filmmaker.
    Contributions of broader relevance deal with Islamic components of Nigerian culture, the decline of the educational system, and the socio-economic impact of acquisitive culture.

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    EAN/ISBN:
    9789042035720
    Edition:
    1
    Medium:
    Bound edition
    Number of pages:
    520
    Publication date:
    2012-10-31
    Publisher:
    Rodopi
    Languages:
    english
    EAN/ISBN:
    9789042035720
    Edition:
    1
    Medium:
    Bound edition
    Number of pages:
    520
    Publication date:
    2012-10-31
    Publisher:
    Rodopi
    Languages:
    english

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