Stand-up Comedy in Africa

Humour in Popular Languages and Media
African cultural productions of humour have increased even in the face of myriad economic foibles and social upheavals. For instance, from the 1990s, stand-up comedy emerged across the continent and has maintained a pervasive presence since then. Its specificities are related to contemporary economic and political contexts and are also drawn from its pre-colonial history, that of joking forms and relationships, and orality. Izuu Nwankwá's fascinating collected volume offers a transnational appraisal of this unique art form spanning different nations of the continent and its diasporas. The book engages variously with jokesters, their materials, the mediums of dissemination, and the cultural value(s) and relevance of their stage work, encompassing the form and content of the practice. Its ruling theoretical perspective comes from theatre and performance, cultural studies, linguistics, and literary studies.

Contributor: Izuu Nwankwọ (Edited by), Daria Tunca (Contributions by), Jennalee Donian (Contributions by), Ken Junior Lipenga (Contributions by), Nkechi Mary Okadigwe (Contributions by), Amany El-Sawy (Contributions by), Ibukum Osuolale-Ajayi (Contributions by), Ebtesam El-Shokrofy (Contributions by), Danson Sylvester Kahyana (Contributions by), Nohayer E Lotfy (Contributions by), Charles Kebaya (Contributions by), Rowland Amaefula (Contributions by), Robin Kincaid Crigler (Contributions by), Jacqueline Oyiambo (Contributions by), Ignatius Chukwumah (Contributions by), Ebenezer Obadare (Foreword by), Izuu Nwankwọ (Contributions by)

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