More notes on the elections, By Reuben Abati
Nigeria, March 28 -- The prevalence of the comic spirit is one of those distinctive features of Nigerian life and society - one of those things that make us who we are - our capacity to turn every season, every occasion, serious, not so serious, even sombre, into an opportunity for mirth, that is - plain rambunctious, defiant or deprecating laughter. In my earlier life as a teacher of comic theory, it was an interesting time teaching the special veins of wit and humour and how the aesthetics of laughter defines national character and culture, a people's capacity for word-play, and satire or parody. This trend, embodied in the Nigerian character, North or South, East to West is in part responsible even in an electronic age, for the fantast...
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