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Articles · Vol. 12 No. 1 (2004): Africa Media Review, Volume 12, n° 1, 2004 · Pages 1-8

What My Grandmother Taught Me About Communication: Perspectives from African Cultural Values

Vol. 12 · 2004 No. 1 Africa Media Review, Volume 12, n° 1, 2004 AMR

Abstract

In this essay, the author examines the roots of African patrimony and its relevance in developing and implementing an Afrocentric theory of communication, culture and social change.

What My Grandmother Taught Me About Communication: Perspectives from African Cultural Values

Dans cet essai, l’auteur se penche sur les racines du patrimoine africain, et le rôle important que jouerait ce dernier dans la mise au point et l’application d’une théorie afro centriste de communication, de culture et de changements sociaux.

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Grandmother Communication African Cultural

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  2. Ezeokoli, Victoria, 1974, “Story Theater in Africa”, Unpublished DFA dissertation.
  3. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
  4. Opata, Damian, 1998, Essays in Igbo World view, Nsukka, Nigeria: AP Express Publishers & Auto-Century Publishing Company.

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