Izuu Nwankwo is part of the 2018 2nd Semester cohort at STIAS.
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Colloquium on African Stand-up Comedy Practice
STIAS is planning to host a colloquium which aims to chart the future course of stand-up research in Africa. The colloquium will be convened by STIAS Iso L...
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STIAS Lecture Series 2018: Izuu Nwankwo - Who is Afraid of Stand-up Comedy?
Please note the new venue for STIAS Public Lectures: Seminar Room, 2nd Floor, HB Thom Theatre, 15 Victoria Street (use the main entrance to the HB Thom the...
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Colloquium on African Stand-up Comedy Practice
STIAS is planning to host a colloquium which aims to chart the future course of stand-up research in Africa. The colloquium will be convened by STIAS Iso L...
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Second Iso Lomso cohort selected
STIAS is pleased to announce its second cohort for the Iso Lomso Fellowships for Early Career African Researchers. The STIAS Research and Fellowship Progr...
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Call for Papers: Colloquium on African Stand-up Comedy Practice
STIAS is planning to host a colloquium which aims to chart the future course of stand-up research in Africa. The colloquium will be convened by STIAS Iso L...
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Incongruous liaisons: Routes of humour, insult and political (in)correctness in Nigerian stand-up jokes
Nwankwọ E., Izuu. 2019. Incongruous liaisons: Routes of humour, insult and political (in)correctness in Nigerian stand-up jokes. European Journal of Humour...
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Re-engaging master narratives: Re-encountering Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Esiaba Irobi’s Sycorax
Nwankwọ E., Izuu. 2018. Re-engaging master narratives: Re-encountering Shakespeare’s The Tempest in Esiaba Irobi’s Sycorax. The Journal of Commonwealth Lit...
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Purple Hibiscus and theme of moderation as a metaphor in the evolution of contemporary Nigerian fiction
Nwankwọ E, Izuu. 2018. Purple Hibiscus and theme of moderation as a metaphor in the evolution of contemporary Nigerian fiction. International Journal of Pe...
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Joke performance mechanics in Nigerian stand-up comedy
Nwankwọ, Izuu. 2021. Joke performance mechanics in Nigerian stand-up comedy. South African Theatre Journal, 34(2), 99–112. https://doi.org/10.1080/10137548...
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Self-censorship and Shifting Cognitions of Offence in the Stand-up Acts of Basket Mouth and Trevor Noah
Nwankwọ, Izuu. 2022. Self-censorship and Shifting Cognitions of Offence in the Stand-up Acts of Basket Mouth and Trevor Noah. Journal of African Cultural S...
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Yabbing and Wording: The Artistry of Nigerian Stand-up Comedy
Nwankwọ, Izuu. 2021. Yabbing and Wording: The Artistry of Nigerian Stand-up Comedy. Makhanda, South Africa: NISC Press/African Humanities Association. http...
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Stand-up Comedy in Africa: Humour in Popular Languages and Media
Nwankwọ, Izuu. Ed. 2022. Stand-up Comedy in Africa: Humour in Popular Languages and Media. Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag. https://www.ibidem.eu/de/contributor/i...
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Introduction – Old Wine in a New Bottle: Stand-up Comedy and Its Dispersal across Africa
Nwankwọ, Izuu. 2022. “Introduction – Old Wine in a New Bottle: Stand-up Comedy and Its Dispersal across Africa.” In Stand-up Comedy in Africa: Humour in Po...
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Confronting Racism in Cécile Djunga and Trevor Noah’s Stand-up Comedy
Tunca, Daria and Izuu Nwankwọ. 2022. “Confronting Racism in Cécile Djunga and Trevor Noah’s Stand-up Comedy.” In Stand-up Comedy in Africa: Humour in Popul...
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Ambivalence in the stand-up acts of Nigeria’s Klint da Drunk and Mr Paul
Nwankwọ, Izuu. 2022. Ambivalence in the stand-up acts of Nigeria’s Klint da Drunk and Mr Paul. Journal of the African Literature Association, 16(2), 332–34...
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Politics, Jokes and Power in Africa: The View From Stand-Up Comedy
Nwankwọ, Izuu. 2024. Politics, Jokes and Power in Africa: The View From Stand-Up Comedy. African Studies, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2023.22992...