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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 Afric...

Izuchukwu Ernest Nwankwo Izuchukwu Ernest Nwankwo

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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/1...

Izuchukwu Ernest Nwankwo Izuchukwu Ernest Nwankwo

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Urban Connections in African Popular Imaginaries

The study of popular culture in Africa illustrates that ordinary African residents in urban settings use their local specificities to create popular forms of African cultural production that respond in innovative ways to global cultural imports.

Lynda Spencer Lynda Spencer Tina Steiner Tina Steiner Nedine Moonsamy Nedine Moonsamy Danai Mupotsa Danai Mupotsa Corinne Sandwith Corinne Sandwith
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