The role of popular music and editorial cartoons in recounting the experience of Independence in Nigeria
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12 juillet 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.pur.112250
- isbn: 9782753527492
- eisbn: 9782753569478
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David Oshorenoya Esizimetor, « The role of popular music and editorial cartoons in recounting the experience of Independence in Nigeria », Presses universitaires de Rennes, ID : 10.4000/books.pur.112250
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Most analyses of Nigerian Independence have focused on official accounts and media reports of the events; little is known of the ways in which Nigerians, some at the grassroots and some in specific observers’ positions, experienced Independence around 1960; and even less has been said about the popular music and editorial cartoons of the era. The choice of popular music and editorial cartoons in the reconstruction of the Independence history of Nigeria is an attempt to seek alternative and ne...