Globalization, Oral Performance, and African Traditional Poetry

Na?allah, Abdul-rasheed

ISBN 10: 331975078X / ISBN 13: 9783319750781

Published by Palgrave Pivot, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Globalization, Oral Performance, and African Traditional Poetry
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 331975078X
• ISBN 13: 9783319750781
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah is Vice-Chancellor, Chief Executive Officer, and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Kwara State University, Nigeria. He is co-author of Introduction to African Oral Literature and Performance (2005), and author of Africanity, Islamicity and Performativity: Identity in the House of Ilorin (2009), African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance (2010), and Cultural Globalization And Plurality: Africa and the New World (2011).