Author: S. J. Timothy-Asobele
Publisher:
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Category : Comedians
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author: Izuu Nwankw?
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 1920033874
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Yabbing and Wording: The artistry of Nigerian stand-up comedy is a long-overdue academic interrogation of the novel stand-up practice in Nigeria as performance. 'Yabbing' comes from the Nigerian Pidgin English verb, 'yab', which means a satirical jibe thrown at individuals, groups or institutions. Nigeria's Fela Anikulapo-Kuti used this effectively in his recorded and live music performances against successive military regimes. 'Wording' derives from the English term 'word' and refers to a game in which parties exchange insults. It is a modern-day coinage for traditional forms of joking that existed across Nigeria and elsewhere in precolonial times. In this book, Nwankw? identifies 'yabbing' and 'wording' as outstanding indigenous elements within contemporary stand-up practice in Nigeria. On the one hand, these local joking patterns inform how comedians fashion their narratives. On the other, they mitigate offence and how the audience responds to ridicule in joke performance venues. The book's strength is its academic perspective and the inclusion of as many examples of stand-up and comedians as possible, to give a panoramic view of the practice. It also traces the historical path of the development of professional stand-up comedy in Nigeria. Its closing chapters detail the global outreach of Nigerian stand-up while also anticipating its future developments.

Author: S. J. Timothy-Asobele
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Feature films
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: S. J. Timothy-Asobele
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biographical television programs
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Author: S. J. Timothy-Asobele
Publisher:
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Category : African poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author: Ransford Tetteh
Publisher: Graphic Communications Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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Author: Bruce King
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349224367
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 285

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Post-Colonial English Drama is the first critical survey of contemporary Commonwealth drama. Besides essays on such individual dramatists as Wole Soyinka, Derek Walcott, David Williamson, Louis Nowra, Athol Fugard, George Walker, Sharon Pollock and Judith Thompson there are surveys of the dramatic literature and developments in the theatre in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Jamaica and Trinidad. Canadian woman dramatists and the new radical South African theatre are also among the topics.

Author: Ken Saro-Wiwa
Publisher: Saros International Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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This Novel for children relates the adventure of Mr B - the hero whose exploits have been made into the popular Nigerian television series "Basi and Company".

Author: Jonathan Haynes
Publisher:
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Category : Motion picture industry
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: Taiwo, Rotimi
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1522503390
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 341

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Misunderstandings in technology-mediated communication can be due to a lack of tone and facial expression on the part of the speaker, which provide additional context clues into the meaning of the message beyond textual representation. As technology becomes more of a ubiquitous element in our interactions with one another, further study into the ways in which language and humor are conveyed online and impact human communication is essential. Analyzing Language and Humor in Online Communication presents a compendium of research into virtual communities, online communication, social networks, and the ways that language, and humor in particular, are being conveyed and understood in these digital environments. Emphasizing examples from popular culture and contemporary media, this innovative publication fills the current void in the literature by focusing specifically on humor creation and perception in the digital age. Students, researchers, linguists, psychologists, media professionals, and sociologists will find this publication to be a unique reference source.