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Remix and Revision African Popular Culture and Its Dialogues with Europe
Remix and Revision: Encounters between Africa and Europe in Contemporary African Popular Culture
Matthias Krings and Izuu Nwankwọ
1. Cinema Narration as Oral Performance: DJ Afro and East African Media Practices
Solomon Waliaula
2. “Mama Majuto”: A Reflection on Playing Mzungu in Tanzanian Video Films
Claudia Böhme
3. Ja Pa and Jokes in Nigerian Skits: Humour and the Imagineering of a National Dystopian Consciousness
Patrick Oloko
4. Mimicry of European Football Commentary: Arap Uria’s Comic Lip-Sync Impressions in Kenyan Social Media
James Odhiambo Ogone
5. Playing with Difference: Oyibo Lip-Sync Performances of Nigerian Popular Culture on TikTok
Matthias Krings and Izuu Nwankwọ
Biography
Matthias Krings is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. He has specialized in the study of African popular culture, the anthropology of the body, and religion. His current research focuses on the global mainstreaming of African popular music, and on skin colour-based categorization practices beyond racialization.
Izuu Nwankwọ is an Assistant Professor in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research interests span oral, theatrical, and popular performances by African and African diaspora peoples, both on stage and online. His scholarly publications have focused on taboo, self-censorship, and the limits of humour in stand-up and other forms.
