Stand-up Comedy in Africa

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-8382-1608-9
Verlag: ibidem-Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Taschenbuch, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

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 Nwankw?'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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tunca, Daria

Nwankwo, Izuu

Donian, Jennalee

Lipenga, Ken Junior

Okadigwe, Nkechi Mary

El-Sawy, Amany

Osuolale-Ajayi, Ibukum

El-Shokrofy, Ebtesam

Kahyana, Danson Sylvester

E Lotfy, Nohayer

Kebaya, Charles

Amaefula, Rowland

Crigler, Robin Kincaid

Oyiambo, Jacqueline

Chukwumah, Ignatius

Obadare, Ebenezer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Medientheorie, Medienanalyse

Über Autor(innen)

IIzuu Nwankw? is a researcher, teacher, and writer. He translated Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall into the Igbo language: Ihe Aghasaa (2007) and authored the books Yabbing and Wording: The Artistry of Nigerian Stand-up Comedy and Humour and Politics in Africa (co-authored with Daniel Hammett and Laura S. Martin).