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From Television to the Streets The rise & rise of dance-based advertising in Nigeria 从电视到街道:尼日利亚以舞蹈为基础的广告的兴起

African Theatre: Contemporary Dance Pub Date : 2018-11-16 DOI: 10.1017/9781787443150.006

Tosin Kooshima Tume

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Looking Behind the Mirror Challenging representationalism in contemporary dance in postcolonial African contexts 后殖民时期非洲背景下当代舞蹈的具象主义挑战

African Theatre: Contemporary Dance Pub Date : 2018-11-16 DOI: 10.1017/9781787443150.003

Kristina Johnstone

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James Mweu & Kunja Dance Theatre Contemporary dance as African cultural production 当代舞蹈作为非洲文化的产物

African Theatre: Contemporary Dance Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/9781787443150.002

F. Adewole

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Iyunolu Osagie, African Modernity & the Philosophy of Culture in the Works of Femi Euba 《非洲现代性&菲米·欧巴作品中的文化哲学》

African Theatre: Contemporary Dance Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/9781787443150.012

S. Adeyemi

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Unmuting South African Citizenship through Integrated/Disability Dance 通过综合/残疾舞蹈消除南非公民身份

African Theatre: Contemporary Dance Pub Date : 2018-11-01 DOI: 10.1017/9781787443150.005

Yvette Hutchison

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