Afrobeat! Fela and the Imagined Continent

Autor: Sola Olorunyomi

In the seventies, as signs of decay began to show in the capitalist experiment of the newly independent African countries, a “bard of the misrule” emerged on the streets of Lagos. Often shirtless and armed with his trademark saxophone, Fela Aniku

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https://books.openedition.org/africae/6133

Language, identity, and urban youth subculture

Autor: Michael Tosin Gbogi

Publikováno v: Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA). :171-195

Towards the turn of the 20th century, a new wave of hip hop music emerged in Nigeria whose sense of popularity activated, and was activated by, the employment of complex linguistic strategies. Indirection, ambiguity, circumlocution, language mixing,

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https://doi.org/10.1075/prag.26.2.01tos

Boko Haram Insurgency, Youth Mobility and Better Life in the Far North Region of Cameroon

Autor: Isaiah Kunock Afu

Publikováno v: Cadernos de Estudos Africanos; N.º 37 (2019): Working for better lives: Mobilities and trajectories of young people in West and Central Africa
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos n.37 2019
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC)-FCT-Sociedade da Informação
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Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, Vol 37, Pp 17-39 (2019)
Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, Issue: 37, Pages: 17-39, Published: JUN 2019

This article portrays youth mobility in Cameroon as a means to escape poverty and to achieve a better life. Youth mobility though not new is, however, taking a new dimension as a result of Boko Haram’s violent conflict. To explore how this violence

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https://revistas.rcaap.pt/cea/article/view/30502

Ill-fitting suits and taped ties: Donald Trump’s politico-sartorial style

Autor: Kevin A. Morrison

Publikováno v: Fashion, Style & Popular Culture. 9:185-203

Because Donald Trump’s language and rhetoric attract so much attention and comment, discussions about the role of fashion and style in the Trump presidency are often limited to outfits worn by the First Lady or his daughter, Ivanka. When Trump’s

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https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00031_1

Observing Iran from Baku: Iranian Studies in Soviet and Post-Soviet Azerbaijan

Autor: Zaur Gasimov

Publikováno v: Iranian Studies. 55:37-59

Azerbaijani national identity emerged in post-Persian Russian-ruled East Caucasia at the end of the nineteenth century, and was finally forged during the early Soviet period. After the fiasco of the short-lived independence period of 1918–20, Azerb

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https://doi.org/10.1080/00210862.2020.1865136