Africans and the Politics of Popular Culture (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580463312 ISBN 13: 9781580463317

Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 2009

Synopsis

Africans and the Politics of Popular Culture Explores the instrumentalization of various aspects of popular culture in Africa. This anthology presents insightful data on and discussions of a wide array of popular cultural manifestations and theoretical perspectives, covering such issues as kinship, religion, conflict resolution, music, cinema, drama, and literary texts. Full description

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Review:

A welcome addition to the much-needed study of African popular culture. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES

About the Author:

Toyin Falola is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History at the University of Texas at Austin as well as a University Distinguished Teaching Professor. Augustine Agwuele is an assistant professor of linguistics in the Department of Anthropology, Texas State University, San Marcos. Contributors: Arinpe Adejumo, Augustine Agwuele, Antoinette Tidjani Alou, Maurice N. Amutabi, Tokunbo A. Ayoola, Nicholas M. Creary, Toyin Falola, Celeste A. Fisher, Denise Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Hetty ter Haar, Debra L. Klein, Emmanuel M. Mbah, Sarah Steinbock-Pratt, and Asonzeh Ukah

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1580463312
• ISBN 13: 9781580463317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 347
• Editor: Falola Professor Toyin, Agwuele Augustine