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Globalization, Oral Performance, and African Traditional Poetry
Overview
This book discusses globalization trends and influences on traditional African oral literary performance and the direction that Ilorin oral art is forced to take by the changes of the twenty-first century electronic age. It seeks a new definition of contemporary African bourgeois in terms of its global reach, imitation of foreign forms and collaboration with the owners of the primary agencies. Additionally, it makes a case that African global lords or new bourgeoisie who are largely products of the new global capital and multinational corporations' socio-political and cultural influences fashion their tastes after western cultures as portrayed in the digital realm.
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- ISBN-13: 9783319750781
- ISBN-10: 331975078X
- Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
- Publish Date: March 2018
- Dimensions: 8.27 x 5.83 x 0.31 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.64 pounds
- Page Count: 100
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