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Matatu Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-05301000
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The Indigenous Origin of Intermediality in Nigerian Stand-up Comedy 尼日利亚单口喜剧中中间性的土著起源
Matatu Pub Date : 2023-09-12 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-bja00007
Izuu Nwankwọ, Samuel O. Chukwu-Okoronkwo
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South African Literature and the “Strange Seductiveness” of the Fantastic 南非文学与奇幻小说的“奇异诱惑”
Matatu Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-bja00006
Lobna Ben Salem
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Othering the Laughable 其他的都很可笑
Matatu Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-bja00005
Chekwube Anyaegbunam
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Societal Hegemony and the Evolution of Masculinity in Francis Selormey’s The Narrow Path and Asare Konadu’s A Woman in Her Prime 弗朗西斯·塞洛米的《狭窄的道路》和阿萨雷·科纳杜的《盛年的女人》中的社会霸权与男性气质的演变
Matatu Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-bja00004
Emma Duncan, T. Ennin
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“The baze is our workstation, we report here every day”—Understanding the Role of Youth Practices in Urban Subculture “贝斯是我们的工作站，我们每天都在这里报道”——理解青年实践在城市亚文化中的作用
Matatu Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-bja00003
Isaac Muhando
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Kuduro, Digital Music and Lifestyle in Diaspora 库德罗，散居的数字音乐与生活方式
Matatu Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-bja00002
Frank Marcon
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On Postcolonial Knowledge 论后殖民知识
Matatu Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-bja00001
Adeshina Afolayan
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Postmodern Doctrines and Poetic Vision in G’Ebinyo Ogbowei’s marsh boy & other poems 格比尼奥·奥格博维《沼泽男孩》及其他诗歌中的后现代主义学说与诗歌视野
Matatu Pub Date : 2022-10-20 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-05202004
Valentine Chimenem Owhorodu
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Negotiating Black Identity 协商黑人身份
Matatu Pub Date : 2022-10-20 DOI: 10.1163/18757421-05202007
Dina Yerima-Avazi, Chinonye Ekwueme-Ugwu
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