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Comedy of tragedies in Nigerian popular culture

Tunde Adebisia Ulster University, Belfast, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Henry Nweke-Loveb Department of Political Science and International Relations, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9428-3691View further author information
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Edidiong Ayenib Department of Political Science and International Relations, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4603-0873View further author information
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Victor Afinotanc Department of Political Science, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, NigeriaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-2495-5733View further author information
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Pages 208-223 | Published online: 09 Mar 2023

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