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| Title: | Comedy and comic forms in Tiv drama |
| Author: | Gbilekaa, S.E.T. |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Periodical: | Nigeria Magazine |
| Volume: | 55 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Pages: | 37-42 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Nigeria |
| Subjects: | Tiv folk drama |
| Abstract: | This article examines what comedy means to the Tiv of Nigeria, the subject matter of Tiv comedy, the occurrence of comic forms in Tiv oral performance, the social function of comedy in Tiv society and the aims of Tiv comedy. Examples cited in the article are drawn from the performances of four Tiv comedians: Botwev, Mtswen Gbande, the Tse-Gev and the Anchuakupa. Notes, ref. |