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Funmilayo O. Adebayo
Nollywood films increasingly circulate with English subtitles on streaming platforms, reaching viewers who do not speak the languages on screen. This study compares subtitled and original versions of twelve Yoruba- and Igbo-language films to show how subtitlin…
Communication and Media StudiesEfe M. Oghene
Public radio stations increasingly broadcast news in Nigerian Pidgin. Combining listener surveys in Warri and Benin City with analysis of bulletin scripts, this study asks whether Pidgin news reaches audiences that English news does not. It finds that Pidgin b…
Communication and Media StudiesObinna T. Nweke
Masquerades once performed in village squares now process through crowded city streets, filmed on dozens of phones. Drawing on fieldwork at festivals in Enugu and Nsukka, this article examines how urban audiences reshape masquerade performance, from route and …
Culture, Identity and Transcultural Studies