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Selected Proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference on African Linguistics: Shifting the Center of Africanism in Language Politics and Economic Globalization edited by Olaoba F. Arasanyin and Michael A. Pemberton ISBN 1-57473-414-8 library binding vii + 220 pages publication date: 2006 published by Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA, USA Table of contents Abstract 'Dele Odunlami An Examination of the Application and Relevance of Des Wilson's Taxonomy of Traditional Media Systems in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart 161-165 (complete pdf) This paper examines the application and relevance of Prof. Des Wilson's Taxonomy of Traditional Communication Systems in the Igbo socio-cultural setting of Nigeria as captured in one of Africa's popular epics: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. It concludes that the focus of scholars in this era of globalization should be how to formulate inter-ethnic codes of traditional African Communication Systems through an effective synergy to fortify it against the frequent onslaught and threat of attrition posed by the technology-mediated modern media. |