Literary Traditions, Culture and the Media in Nigeria

This collection of essays explores interdisciplinary approaches to tradition and culture, especially how conventional experiences determine the form and aesthetics of dynamic societies through movies, music and literature. It illustrates how the connections between literature, culture and the media can simplify our understanding of human society. Apart from literary artists and anthropologists, this book is a great asset to historians, sociologists, movie makers, entertainers and journalists. Some of the chapters highlight interesting perspectives to the engagement of oral and written forms of literary traditions, specifically the Yan Gambaranci oral tradition in Northern Nigeria, thriller tradition in fictional literature and Onitsha Market Literature. Other chapters portray emergent experiences that have shaped and have been shaped by literature, and highlight the possibilities of print and new media in contemporary scholarship surrounding culture and literature. In short, the book is a guide to the evolving dimensions to African literature and popular culture.