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Tejumola Olaniyan (Wisconsin–Madison)

Tejumola Olaniyan (Wisconsin–Madison)

May 23, 2016 00:29:31

Guests: Olaniyan, Tejumola

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 101

Corpulence, Cartoonists, and Politics

Tejumola Olaniyan (Wisconsin Madison) on African cartoonists, their depictions of the body and struggles with censorship, and the aesthetics of corpulence in African political cartooning. He elaborates on the deeper origins and gendered nature of satire in African societies and also discusses his website Africa Cartoons.com.

00:00:00 - 00:01:08 Introduction
00:01:09 - 00:05:34 Tejumola Olaniyan on African Cartoonists
00:05:35 - 00:08:53 Gendered Nature of Satire
00:08:54 - 00:11:20 The Aesthetics of Corpulence in African Political Cartooning
00:11:21 - 00:13:17 Deeper Origins of Satire in African Societies
00:13:18 - 00:16:50 Africa Cartoons.com
00:16:51 - 00:23:53 Struggles with Censorship
00:23:54 - 00:28:21 State and Culture in Postcolonial Africa
00:28:22 - 00:29:31 Outro

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Alegi, Peter, Peter Limb, and Tejumola Olaniyan. "Corpulence, Cartoonists, and Politics". Africa Past and Present, May 23, 2016. https://afripod.aodl.org/fullPodcast/episode=101/.