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Author:   Ignatius Chukwumah
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.458kg
ISBN:  

9780367593605

ISBN 10:   0367593602
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction Part I ‘JOKING ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT’ 1. (Re)Imagining the Postcolony in Kenya’s The XYZ Show Joke-Cartoons, Remmy Shiundu Barasa 2. Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Elections and the Rise of ""Comicast"", Ignatius Chukwumah 3. Joking About the Government: A Close Reading of the Moroccan Comic Show: ‘The School of the Naughty’, Zakariae Bouhmala Part II TRADITIONAL FORMS AND (POST)MODERN CONTEXTS 4. Ehwe-Ejẹ: Art and Humour in Urhobo Joke-Performance, Peter E. Omoko 5. Aesthetics of Anganga Afiki’s Video Joke-Performance in Malawi, Smith Likongwe 6. Joke-Performance and the Tiv Cultural Context of Satirizing and Appraising Postmodernity, Godwin Aondofa Ikyer7. Egyptian Satire in Modern Media Age, Sebastian Gadomski Part III STREET JOKES 8. (Con)text and Performance of Mchongoano: An Urban Youth Joke Genre in Kenya, Wangari Mwai, David Kimongo and Charles Kebaya 9. Joke-Performance in Egypt: Halah and Kouta Hamra, Heba M. Sharobeem Part IV SEX AND GENDER 10. The Aesthetics of the Ugly: Perspectives on Degrading Online Sex Jokes in Kenya, Felix A. Orina and Fred W. Simiyu 11. Dorika’s Metamorphosis: The Allusive Potency of a Comic Character, Cheela Himutwe K. Chilala 12. ""From the ‘Beautiful’ to the ‘Bold’: A Linguistic Analysis of Some Doaa Farouk’s Humorous Texts"", Mona Eid Saad Part V STAND-UP COMEDY 13. Severity in Hilarity: Appraising the Satirical Value of Stand-up Comedy in Nigeria, Samuel O. Igomu 14. Ideological Undertones in Mediatised Comedy in ‘Churchill Live’ Show of Kenya, Khaemba Josephine Mulindi & Michael Mule Ndonye"

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This is not just another book about Africa. It is a splendid book by scholars who know this Africa that is often glossed over by the so-called experts. It is about the other Africa, ignored but unbowed. In one essay after the other, the eloquence of this Africa speaks to us across different media, asking us to rethink this Africa intimately and wisely. This is a rare collection of essays about joke and joking in Africa. No Africanist must do without it. Onookome Okome, University of Alberta, Canada

Author Information

Ignatius Chukwumah, Ph.D is associate professor in the Department of English and Literary Studies at Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria. His research interests focus on African literature, African American literature, Indigenous African interpretive symbolic codes, figural and mythic studies, postcolonial deconstructive studies and popular culture.

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