Satires of power in Yoruba visual culture
By: Yomi Ola
Series: African world series; Carolina Academic Press African world series
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9781611630374
Subjects: Power (Social sciences) in art; Yoruba Art; Nigerian Political satire; Satire in art
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Satirizing with Yoruba sculpture; title: Satirizing colonialism: Akinola Lasekan (1916-1974); title: Satirizing military dictatorship; title: Satirizing political corruption; title: Satirizing from the heart of the empire: Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Yinka Shonibare; title: Conclusion.