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Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION. Philosophy, (Neo-) Nollywood and the African Predicament""; ""Background and motif""; ""Modernity and the imperative of vision""; ""Philosophy at Nollywood""; ""Nollywood as paradigmatic practice""; ""Neo-Nollywood as exemplary practice""; ""Why The Figurine? The Nigerian filmmaker as auteur""; ""Prefiguring The Figurine""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I - ARAROMIRE IN NOLLYWOOD""
""1. The Figurine: The Interplay of the Mysterious, the Orchestrated and the Coincidental""""Introduction""; ""Kunle Afolayan and the Nollywood scenario""; ""The mysterious, the orchestrated and the coincidental: Fathoming the aesthetics of suspense in The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""2. The Figurine and the "Torn" Individual""; ""Background""; ""The problem""; ""Nollywood in perspective""; ""Nollywood's misrepresentation of Yoruba tradition""; ""Nollywood's islands of hope""; ""Of modernity and tradition""; ""The Yoruba world view""; ""Figuring out The Figurine"" ""Mental map and reality""""Causality and the African mode of thought""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Striving with the Gods: The Figurine and the Double-Bind of Realism and the Supernatural""; ""Introduction""; ""The magical and the empirical""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4. Animist Order and the Ghost of Modernity in Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""5. Araromire's Cross: A Human Dilemma""; ""Introduction""; ""A further elaboration on Araromire""; ""Drawing on analogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ""6. Local Going Global: Comparing the International Narrative Appeal of Araromire (The Figurine) and Love in the Time of Cholera""""Films""; ""Books""; ""7. Alter/Native Film Narratives in Nollywood and The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Alter/Natives film narratives""; ""The mask code in African cinema""; ""Techniques and motif""; ""On postmodernism and The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""8. Nigerian Video Film and the Conundrum of Language: Observatory Notes on Kunle Afolayan's Araromire and Irapada""; ""Introduction""; ""Language and Nigerian literary arts"" ""A Film maker's experiment with language in Araromire and Irapada""""Concluding remarks""; ""Filmography""; ""References""; ""Part II - NOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND""; ""9. The Home Video Industry and Nigeria's Cultural Development""; ""The background""; ""The traditional theatre films and videos""; ""The mass society and the mass media""; ""The Nigerian film versus the Nigerian home video""; ""Conclusion: Home video and television as precursors of the new media""; ""References""; ""10. Audio-Visual Griots: On the Historiography of the Indigenous Yoruba Video Film in Nigeria"" ""Introduction: The Nigerian video film"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460584703321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION. Philosophy, (Neo-) Nollywood and the African Predicament""; ""Background and motif""; ""Modernity and the imperative of vision""; ""Philosophy at Nollywood""; ""Nollywood as paradigmatic practice""; ""Neo-Nollywood as exemplary practice""; ""Why The Figurine? The Nigerian filmmaker as auteur""; ""Prefiguring The Figurine""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I - ARAROMIRE IN NOLLYWOOD""
""1. The Figurine: The Interplay of the Mysterious, the Orchestrated and the Coincidental""""Introduction""; ""Kunle Afolayan and the Nollywood scenario""; ""The mysterious, the orchestrated and the coincidental: Fathoming the aesthetics of suspense in The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""2. The Figurine and the "Torn" Individual""; ""Background""; ""The problem""; ""Nollywood in perspective""; ""Nollywood's misrepresentation of Yoruba tradition""; ""Nollywood's islands of hope""; ""Of modernity and tradition""; ""The Yoruba world view""; ""Figuring out The Figurine"" ""Mental map and reality""""Causality and the African mode of thought""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Striving with the Gods: The Figurine and the Double-Bind of Realism and the Supernatural""; ""Introduction""; ""The magical and the empirical""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4. Animist Order and the Ghost of Modernity in Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""5. Araromire's Cross: A Human Dilemma""; ""Introduction""; ""A further elaboration on Araromire""; ""Drawing on analogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ""6. Local Going Global: Comparing the International Narrative Appeal of Araromire (The Figurine) and Love in the Time of Cholera""""Films""; ""Books""; ""7. Alter/Native Film Narratives in Nollywood and The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Alter/Natives film narratives""; ""The mask code in African cinema""; ""Techniques and motif""; ""On postmodernism and The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""8. Nigerian Video Film and the Conundrum of Language: Observatory Notes on Kunle Afolayan's Araromire and Irapada""; ""Introduction""; ""Language and Nigerian literary arts"" ""A Film maker's experiment with language in Araromire and Irapada""""Concluding remarks""; ""Filmography""; ""References""; ""Part II - NOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND""; ""9. The Home Video Industry and Nigeria's Cultural Development""; ""The background""; ""The traditional theatre films and videos""; ""The mass society and the mass media""; ""The Nigerian film versus the Nigerian home video""; ""Conclusion: Home video and television as precursors of the new media""; ""References""; ""10. Audio-Visual Griots: On the Historiography of the Indigenous Yoruba Video Film in Nigeria"" ""Introduction: The Nigerian video film"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798078003321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan
| Auteuring Nollywood : critical perspectives on The Figurine / / edited by Adeshina Afolayan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (481 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Supernatural in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 978-940-069-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Dedication""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION. Philosophy, (Neo-) Nollywood and the African Predicament""; ""Background and motif""; ""Modernity and the imperative of vision""; ""Philosophy at Nollywood""; ""Nollywood as paradigmatic practice""; ""Neo-Nollywood as exemplary practice""; ""Why The Figurine? The Nigerian filmmaker as auteur""; ""Prefiguring The Figurine""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Part I - ARAROMIRE IN NOLLYWOOD""
""1. The Figurine: The Interplay of the Mysterious, the Orchestrated and the Coincidental""""Introduction""; ""Kunle Afolayan and the Nollywood scenario""; ""The mysterious, the orchestrated and the coincidental: Fathoming the aesthetics of suspense in The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""2. The Figurine and the "Torn" Individual""; ""Background""; ""The problem""; ""Nollywood in perspective""; ""Nollywood's misrepresentation of Yoruba tradition""; ""Nollywood's islands of hope""; ""Of modernity and tradition""; ""The Yoruba world view""; ""Figuring out The Figurine"" ""Mental map and reality""""Causality and the African mode of thought""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""3. Striving with the Gods: The Figurine and the Double-Bind of Realism and the Supernatural""; ""Introduction""; ""The magical and the empirical""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""4. Animist Order and the Ghost of Modernity in Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""5. Araromire's Cross: A Human Dilemma""; ""Introduction""; ""A further elaboration on Araromire""; ""Drawing on analogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""References"" ""6. Local Going Global: Comparing the International Narrative Appeal of Araromire (The Figurine) and Love in the Time of Cholera""""Films""; ""Books""; ""7. Alter/Native Film Narratives in Nollywood and The Figurine""; ""Introduction""; ""Alter/Natives film narratives""; ""The mask code in African cinema""; ""Techniques and motif""; ""On postmodernism and The Figurine""; ""Conclusion""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""8. Nigerian Video Film and the Conundrum of Language: Observatory Notes on Kunle Afolayan's Araromire and Irapada""; ""Introduction""; ""Language and Nigerian literary arts"" ""A Film maker's experiment with language in Araromire and Irapada""""Concluding remarks""; ""Filmography""; ""References""; ""Part II - NOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND""; ""9. The Home Video Industry and Nigeria's Cultural Development""; ""The background""; ""The traditional theatre films and videos""; ""The mass society and the mass media""; ""The Nigerian film versus the Nigerian home video""; ""Conclusion: Home video and television as precursors of the new media""; ""References""; ""10. Audio-Visual Griots: On the Historiography of the Indigenous Yoruba Video Film in Nigeria"" ""Introduction: The Nigerian video film"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820505403321 |
| Ibadan : , : University Press Plc, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Global Nollywood [[electronic resource] ] : the transnational dimensions of an African video film industry / / edited by Matthias Krings and Onookome Okome
| Global Nollywood [[electronic resource] ] : the transnational dimensions of an African video film industry / / edited by Matthias Krings and Onookome Okome |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4309669 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KringsMatthias <1967 September 26->
OkomeOnookome |
| Collana | African expressive cultures |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Video recordings industry - Nigeria |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-253-00942-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments ; Nollywood and Its Diaspora: An Introduction ; Part 1. Mapping the Terrain; 1. From Nollywood to Nollyworld: Processes of Transnationalization in the Nigerian Video Film Industry; 2. Nollywood's Transportability: The Politics and Economics of Video Films as Cultural Products; Part 2. Transnational Nollywood ; 3. The Nollywood Diaspora: A Nigerian Video Genre; 4. Nollywood Made in Europe; 5. Made in America: Urban Immigrant Spaces in Transnational Nollywood Films; 6. Reversing the Filmic Gaze: Comedy and the Critique of the Postcolony in Osuofia in London
7. Nollywood and Postcolonial Predicaments: Transnationalism, Gender, and the Commoditization of Desire in Glamour GirlsPart 3. Nollywood and Its Audiences; 8. Nollywood in Urban Southern Africa: Nigerian Video Films and Their Audiences in Cape Town and Windhoek; 9. Religion, Migration, and Media Aesthetics: Notes on the Circulation and Reception of Nigerian Films in Kinshasa ; 10. "African Movies" in Barbados: Proximate Experiences of Fear and Desire; 11. Consuming Nollywood in Turin, Italy ; 12. Nigerian Videos and Their Imagined Western Audiences: The Limits of Nollywood's Transnationality Part 4. Appropriations of Nollywood13. Transgressing Boundaries: Reinterpretation of Nollywood Films in Muslim Northern Nigeria; 14. Karishika with Kiswahili Flavor: A Nollywood Film Retold by a Tanzanian Video Narrator; 15. Bloody Bricolages: Traces of Nollywood in Tanzanian Video Films; List of Contributors; General Index; Film Title Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462571603321 |
| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Global Nollywood [[electronic resource] ] : the transnational dimensions of an African video film industry / / edited by Matthias Krings and Onookome Okome
| Global Nollywood [[electronic resource] ] : the transnational dimensions of an African video film industry / / edited by Matthias Krings and Onookome Okome |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4309669 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KringsMatthias <1967 September 26->
OkomeOnookome |
| Collana | African expressive cultures |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Video recordings industry - Nigeria |
| ISBN | 0-253-00942-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments ; Nollywood and Its Diaspora: An Introduction ; Part 1. Mapping the Terrain; 1. From Nollywood to Nollyworld: Processes of Transnationalization in the Nigerian Video Film Industry; 2. Nollywood's Transportability: The Politics and Economics of Video Films as Cultural Products; Part 2. Transnational Nollywood ; 3. The Nollywood Diaspora: A Nigerian Video Genre; 4. Nollywood Made in Europe; 5. Made in America: Urban Immigrant Spaces in Transnational Nollywood Films; 6. Reversing the Filmic Gaze: Comedy and the Critique of the Postcolony in Osuofia in London
7. Nollywood and Postcolonial Predicaments: Transnationalism, Gender, and the Commoditization of Desire in Glamour GirlsPart 3. Nollywood and Its Audiences; 8. Nollywood in Urban Southern Africa: Nigerian Video Films and Their Audiences in Cape Town and Windhoek; 9. Religion, Migration, and Media Aesthetics: Notes on the Circulation and Reception of Nigerian Films in Kinshasa ; 10. "African Movies" in Barbados: Proximate Experiences of Fear and Desire; 11. Consuming Nollywood in Turin, Italy ; 12. Nigerian Videos and Their Imagined Western Audiences: The Limits of Nollywood's Transnationality Part 4. Appropriations of Nollywood13. Transgressing Boundaries: Reinterpretation of Nollywood Films in Muslim Northern Nigeria; 14. Karishika with Kiswahili Flavor: A Nollywood Film Retold by a Tanzanian Video Narrator; 15. Bloody Bricolages: Traces of Nollywood in Tanzanian Video Films; List of Contributors; General Index; Film Title Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786879103321 |
| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Global Nollywood : the transnational dimensions of an African video film industry / / edited by Matthias Krings and Onookome Okome
| Global Nollywood : the transnational dimensions of an African video film industry / / edited by Matthias Krings and Onookome Okome |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (382 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4309669 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KringsMatthias <1967 September 26->
OkomeOnookome |
| Collana | African expressive cultures |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Video recordings industry - Nigeria |
| ISBN | 0-253-00942-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments ; Nollywood and Its Diaspora: An Introduction ; Part 1. Mapping the Terrain; 1. From Nollywood to Nollyworld: Processes of Transnationalization in the Nigerian Video Film Industry; 2. Nollywood's Transportability: The Politics and Economics of Video Films as Cultural Products; Part 2. Transnational Nollywood ; 3. The Nollywood Diaspora: A Nigerian Video Genre; 4. Nollywood Made in Europe; 5. Made in America: Urban Immigrant Spaces in Transnational Nollywood Films; 6. Reversing the Filmic Gaze: Comedy and the Critique of the Postcolony in Osuofia in London
7. Nollywood and Postcolonial Predicaments: Transnationalism, Gender, and the Commoditization of Desire in Glamour GirlsPart 3. Nollywood and Its Audiences; 8. Nollywood in Urban Southern Africa: Nigerian Video Films and Their Audiences in Cape Town and Windhoek; 9. Religion, Migration, and Media Aesthetics: Notes on the Circulation and Reception of Nigerian Films in Kinshasa ; 10. "African Movies" in Barbados: Proximate Experiences of Fear and Desire; 11. Consuming Nollywood in Turin, Italy ; 12. Nigerian Videos and Their Imagined Western Audiences: The Limits of Nollywood's Transnationality Part 4. Appropriations of Nollywood13. Transgressing Boundaries: Reinterpretation of Nollywood Films in Muslim Northern Nigeria; 14. Karishika with Kiswahili Flavor: A Nollywood Film Retold by a Tanzanian Video Narrator; 15. Bloody Bricolages: Traces of Nollywood in Tanzanian Video Films; List of Contributors; General Index; Film Title Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826842303321 |
| Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Trends in Nollywood : a study of selected genres / / Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma
| Trends in Nollywood : a study of selected genres / / Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma |
| Autore | Ayakoroma Barclays Foubiri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : , : Kraft Books Limited, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4309669 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Motion pictures - Nigeria |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Background of Nollywood : the contemporary Nigerian film industry -- Studies in genres in Nollywood -- Epic and historical films as reconstruction of the Nigerian past in Nollywood : a critical reading of Igodo and Egg of life -- Failure of the policing system and the emergence of vigilante genre films in Nollywood : a critical reading of the Issakaba series -- Portrayal of politics and the political process in Nollywood : a critical reading of The senator and Masterstroke -- Summary and conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463406503321 |
Ayakoroma Barclays Foubiri
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| Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : , : Kraft Books Limited, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Trends in Nollywood : a study of selected genres / / Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma
| Trends in Nollywood : a study of selected genres / / Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma |
| Autore | Ayakoroma Barclays Foubiri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : , : Kraft Books Limited, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4309669 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Motion pictures - Nigeria |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Background of Nollywood : the contemporary Nigerian film industry -- Studies in genres in Nollywood -- Epic and historical films as reconstruction of the Nigerian past in Nollywood : a critical reading of Igodo and Egg of life -- Failure of the policing system and the emergence of vigilante genre films in Nollywood : a critical reading of the Issakaba series -- Portrayal of politics and the political process in Nollywood : a critical reading of The senator and Masterstroke -- Summary and conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788296003321 |
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Ayakoroma Barclays Foubiri
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| Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : , : Kraft Books Limited, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Trends in Nollywood : a study of selected genres / / Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma
| Trends in Nollywood : a study of selected genres / / Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma |
| Autore | Ayakoroma Barclays Foubiri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : , : Kraft Books Limited, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (387 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4309669 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion picture industry - Nigeria
Motion pictures - Nigeria |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Background of Nollywood : the contemporary Nigerian film industry -- Studies in genres in Nollywood -- Epic and historical films as reconstruction of the Nigerian past in Nollywood : a critical reading of Igodo and Egg of life -- Failure of the policing system and the emergence of vigilante genre films in Nollywood : a critical reading of the Issakaba series -- Portrayal of politics and the political process in Nollywood : a critical reading of The senator and Masterstroke -- Summary and conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821305503321 |
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Ayakoroma Barclays Foubiri
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| Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria : , : Kraft Books Limited, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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