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African Art, the Entertainment Business Network and Hip Hop Culture
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An Analysis of the Relationship between the Tonal Patterns of Hausa Speaking and the Tune of Hausa Singing  
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The Function of Symbolic Language in the Songs of Okot p'Bitek
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Music and Dance Associations of the Igede of Nigeria: The Relevance of Indigenous Communication Learning Systems in Rural Development Projects
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Women, Culture and the Oral Tradition in West Africa: A Study of the Griottes of Senegal
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Continuity and Change in The Role of the Twenty-First Century West African Griot
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Music and Liberation War During the Biafran War (1967-1970)
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Hip Hop and Politics in Dakar, Senegal
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“Izingoma zo Mzabalazo” Esiqithini! Role of Songs in the African Liberation Struggle of South Africa, 1960-1991, A Culture History of Robben Island
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