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Humour Theory and Stylistic Enquiry

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Humour Theory and Stylistic Enquiry

Humour Theory and Stylistic Enquiry by Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 368 Pages | ISBN : 303140386X | 16.1 MB

This edited book brings together scholarly chapters on linguistic aspects of humour in literary and non-literary domains and contexts in different parts of the world. Previous scholarly engagements and theoretical postulations on humour and the comic provide veritable resources for reexamining the relationship between linguistic elements and comic sensations on the one hand, and the validity of interpretive humour stylistics on the other hand. Renowned Stylistics scholars, such as Michael Toolan, who writes the volume’s foreword against the backdrop of nearly four decades of scholarly engagement with stylistics, and Katie Wales, who in this volume engages with Charles Dickens, one of the most eminent satirists in English literature, as well as many other European and African authors who have worked ceaselessly in the area of humour and language, weigh in on the topic of language and humour in this volume.

Mapping International Student Mobility Between Africa and China

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Mapping International Student Mobility Between Africa and China

Mapping International Student Mobility Between Africa and China by Benjamin Mulvey
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 130 Pages | ISBN : 9819985080 | 2.6 MB

This book examines an emergent pattern of international student mobility: that of international students from across the African continent who are enrolled on degree programmes at Chinese universities. China is among the most popular destination countries for African students, yet there has been little research to-date into this emergent mobility pattern. Drawing on data from a series of interviews, the book focuses on the specific modalities of integration into the global economy of both the sending region and the host country, and examines how these shape the decision-making, experiences, and future aspirations of mobile students.

Covid-19 in Africa: Societal and Economic Implications

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Covid-19 in Africa: Societal and Economic Implications

Covid-19 in Africa: Societal and Economic Implications by Susan Arndt, Banhoro Yacouba, Taibat Lawanson, Enocent Msindo, Peter Simatei
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 330 Pages | ISBN : 3031403150 | 12.5 MB

Written amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, this edited volume draws on the expertise of social scientists and humanities scholars to understand the many ramifications of Covid-19 on societies, politics, and the economies of Africa. The contributors examine measures, communicative practices, and experiences that have guided the (inter)action of governments, societies, and citizens in this unpredictable moment. Covid-19 tested governments’ disaster preparedness as well as exposed governments’ attitudes towards the poor and vulnerable. In the same vein, it also tested the agency of the African populace in the face of containment measures and their impact on everyday social, cultural, and economic practices of ordinary people. In this vein, our concern is to understand the relationship between growing vulnerability on the one hand, and ingenuity of agency on the other, and how both were embodied, narrated and discoursed by the African poor, university students, religious entities, middle-classes, and those who bore the major brunt of the lockdowns.

Gender Equality, Climate Action, and Technological Innovation for Sustainable Development in Africa

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Gender Equality, Climate Action, and Technological Innovation for Sustainable Development in Africa

Gender Equality, Climate Action, and Technological Innovation for Sustainable Development in Africa by Ogechi Adeola , Olaniyi Evans , Innocent Ngare
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 260 Pages | ISBN : 3031401239 | 6 MB

This book explores the intersection of gender and climate change, suggests ways in which innovative technologies can accelerate climate relief actions, and offers strategies for integrating climate change initiatives into national policies and planning. By examining the devastating consequences of climate change on women and girls throughout the continent, the authors pose a crucial question: Does gender matter in climate change discussions in Africa?

African Media Space and Globalization

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African Media Space and Globalization

African Media Space and Globalization by Unwana Samuel Akpan
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 445 Pages | ISBN : 3031350596 | 9.3 MB

This book surveys the African media industry, examining various sections of the media at the elite level. Drawing on contributors from diverse regions and media and communication disciplines, the book provides definitive analyses of the switch from analogue to digital broadcasting in select African countries. This timely and relevant collection of essays covers trending topics in communication and media studies, as scholars globally continue to examine the impact of digital technology on media practice, training, and education. The contributors offer rich perspectives on crucial issues, blending practice and scholarship as former media practitioners and academics come together to fill a major gap in media practice and education in Africa. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of globalization and African media.

Reconciliation and Building a Sustainable Peace: Competing Worldviews in South Africa and Beyond (Repost)

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Reconciliation and Building a Sustainable Peace: Competing Worldviews in South Africa and Beyond (Repost)

Reconciliation and Building a Sustainable Peace: Competing Worldviews in South Africa and Beyond by Cathy Bollaert
English | PDF | 2019 | 221 Pages | ISBN : 3030036545 | 3.5 MB

This book explores how competing worldviews impact on intergroup relations and building a sustainable peace in culturally diverse societies. It raises the question of what happens in a culturally diverse society when competing values and ways of interpreting reality collide and what this means for peace-building and the goal of reconciliation. Moreover, it provides a valuable and needed contribution to how peace-building interventions can become more sustainable if tied into local values and embedded in a society’s system of meaning-making. The book engages with questions relating to the extent transitional policies speak to universal values and individualist societies and the implications this might have for how they are implemented in collective societies with different values and forms of social organisation. It raises the question of cultural equality and transformation and whether or not this is something that needs to be addressed within peace-building theory. It argues that inculcating worldview into peace-building theory and practice is a vital part of restoring dignity and promoting healing among victims and formerly oppressed groups. This book, therefore, makes an important contribution to what is at best a partially researched topic by providing a deeper understanding of how identity and culture intersect with peace-building when seeking to build a sustainable peace.

The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

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The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga

The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga edited and translated by Daniel Biebuyck, Kahombo C. Mateene
English | January 1, 2021 | ISBN: 0520388607, 0520379802 | True EPUB | 156 pages | 1 MB

Children and Youth in African History

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Children and Youth in African History

Children and Youth in African History by SE Duff
English | PDF | 2022 | 224 Pages | ISBN : 303111096X | 5.8 MB

This textbook introduces readers to the academic scholarship on the history of childhood and youth in sub-Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on the colonial and postcolonial eras. In a series of seven chapters, it addresses key themes in the historical scholarship, arguing that age serves as a useful category for historical analysis in African history. Just as race, class, and gender can be used to understand how African societies have been structured over time, so too age is a powerful tool for thinking about how power, youth, and seniority intersect and change over time. This is, then, a work of synthesis rather than of new research based on primary sources. This book will therefore introduce mainstream scholars of the history of childhood and youth to the literature on Africa, and scholars of youth in Africa to debates within the wider field of the history of children and youth.

Police-Citizen Relations in Nigeria: Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Law-Abiding Behaviour

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Police-Citizen Relations in Nigeria: Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Law-Abiding Behaviour

Police-Citizen Relations in Nigeria: Procedural Justice, Legitimacy, and Law-Abiding Behaviour by Oluwagbenga Michael Akinlabi
English | PDF,EPUB | 2022 | 262 Pages | ISBN : 3030929183 | 4.1 MB

This book offers an historical and contemporary analysis of policing and police-citizen relations in Nigeria, to understand why people co-operate (or don’t) with the police. It examines police legitimacy and the validity of procedural justice theory in a post-colonial African context where corruption, brutality and lack of accountability are not uncommon, to find more refined and alternative answers to the question of why people co-operate (or don’t) with the police.