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Focus on Nigeria : literature and culture /
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. Contribution.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2012.
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| Colección: | Matatu ;
no. 40. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LITERATURE: GENERAL; Parody of the Shakespearean Fool Tradition in an African Society; "Breaking the Head of the Masquerade": Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh's"Out of the Masks" and Theatre of Exclusion; Aesthetic Metamorphosis: Oral Rhetoricin the Poetry of Tanure Ojaide; The Quest for Diplomatic Leadershipin the Poetry of Tanure Ojaide; Earth in the Balance: The Commodification of the Environmentin The Eye of the Earth and Delta Blues & Home Songs; Motherhood and Sundry Preoccupationsin Hope Eghagha's Mama dances into the night and other poems
- Assessing the Dilemma of a Nation at the Crossroads:Protest as Landscape in Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the SavannahAutobiographical Memory, Identity Re/Construction,and Stylistic Creativity in Tayo Olafioye's Grandma's Sun; Ayi Kwei Armah's Professional Correspondence:Unveiling the Ordeals of a Gifted African Author; War and Absurdity: Viewing the Manifestations of Traumain Uwem Akpan's "Luxurious Hearses"; Ethnic Conflict and the Politics of Greed:Rethinking Chimamanda Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun
- Situational Variables in Chimamanda Adichie'sPurple Hibiscus and Chinua Achebe's A Man of the PeopleInterview with Jumoke Verissimo; CREATIVE WRITING; Two Thieves; Three Poems; SOCIETY AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION; The Changing Status of Historical Sites in Ilé-Ifè: Implications for the Contemporary Study of Yorùbá History and Culture; Magic, Witchcraft, and Sorcery in Warfare: The Experience of the Etsako ̣of Nigeria; Islam and Culture: Two Epistemic Catalysts for Moral Dilemmasin the African Democratic Experiment
- Dialectics of African Feminism: A Study of the AwonmiliWomen's Group in Awka (the Land of Blacksmiths)'Acquisitive Culture' and its Impacton Nigeria's Socio-Economic Development; The Decline of the Nigerian Educational System:Its Impact on the Younger Generation; Grapho-Syntactic Analysis of Selected PoliticalSpeeches of Some Nigerian Heads of State; The Structure of Yorùbá Local Drug Advertising; Tokens of Metaphoric Expressions in Yorùbá Anthroponyms; Public Spectating and Political Undertonesin Durbar: The Emirate Court Art of Northern Nigeriaas Instrument of Governance
- Exploiting Resources of Yorùbá Drum Poetryfor Contemporary Global RelevanceSinging and Suffering in Africa: A Study of SelectedRelevant Texts of Nigerian Gospel Music; The Indigenization of Military Music in Nigeria:Issues and Perspectives; Modern Trends in the Islamized Music of the TraditionalYorùbá: Concept, Origin, and Development; Reels of Conflicting Paradigms: The BlackFilmmaker and Africa's Transitional Dilemmas; Biographical Notes; Books Received; Notes for Contributors