02734nam 2200397 450 991082062890332120230109171133.03-8382-7608-6(MiAaPQ)EBC7024645(Au-PeEL)EBL7024645(CKB)24097022400041(EXLCZ)992409702240004120230109d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierStand-up comedy in Africa /Izuu Nwankwọ, editor ; with a foreword by Ebenezer ObadareStuttgart :Ibidem Verlag,[2022]©20221 online resource (319 pages)Print version: Nwankwọ, Izuu Stand-up Comedy in Africa Berlin : Ibidem Verlag,c2022 Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Old Wine in a New Bottle: Stand-up Comedy and its Dispersal across Africa -- Part I Resisting and Reinventing the Status Quo -- Chapter 1 Confronting Racism and Colonialism in Cécile Djunga's and Trevor Noah's Stand-up Comedy -- Chapter 2 South African Vernacular Stand-Up Comedy as Performative Resistance -- Chapter 3 The People's Joker: The Popularity of Mr Jokes' Stand-up Comedy in Malawi -- Chapter 4 Resisting Shame and the Male Gaze: Humour Evocations in the Acts of Noha Kato and Real Warri Pikin -- Chapter 5 Discourse and Humour Strategies in Two-Person Stand-up Art in Nigeria -- Part II Circumventing Censorship and Taboo -- Chapter 6 In the Shadow of the 1994 Genocide: Arthur Nkusi and Stand-up Comedy in Rwanda -- Chapter 7 The Afterlife of Ugandan Stand-up Comedy: Examining the Multiple Roles and Jocular Devices of Teacher Mpamire -- Chapter 8 Scripted and Non-Scripted Humour in Stand-up Comedy: Techniques of Egypt's Comedian Ali Quandil -- Chapter 9 Reinventing Taboo in Kenyan Stand-up Comedy -- Part III Mechanics of being a Comedian -- Chapter 10 Africa on the British Stage: Laughter-Making Mechanics of Andi Osho and Daliso Chaponda -- Chapter 11 There's No Such Thing as 'Too Soon' Here: Taking Stock of South Africa's Comedy Boom -- Chapter 12 The Many-Sides of Kenyan Stand-up Comedy: A Stylistic Interrogation of the Acts of Jemutai, Professor Hamo and Oga Obinna -- Chapter 13 Nigeria's The Mock News with Pararan: The Poetics of its Punchline -- About the Contributors.Stand-up comedyStand-up comedy.792.76Obadare EbenezerNwankwọ E IzuuMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820628903321Stand-up comedy in Africa3993059UNINA