Standup comedy and the ethics of popular performance in Nigeria

Popular Culture in Africa: The Episteme of the Everyday

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 175-194

  Adejunmobi, Moradewun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203587966     Document Type: Chapter

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