When charity and camera collide: Nigerian celebrity philanthropy in the age of technology.
Celebrity studies is an expansive and expanding field in European and American scholarship. Unfortunately, Africanist scholars have paid limited attention to this significant branch of scholarship. Drawing from varied secondary sources, including audio-visual materials, newspaper articles and journa...
| Publicado en: | Journal for Cultural Research Vol. 26; no. 3/4; pp. 332 - 348 |
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Sep-Dec2022
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