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With the assemblage of series of songs and stage dramas anchored basically on folklores and traditions of the people, the National Troupe of Nigeria has shown that truly tradition can never die. The ...

Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares receives funding from the Academy of Finland. Oqwilowgwa Kim Recalma-Clutesi is affiliated with Ninogaad Knowledge Keepers Foundation. Dana Lepofsky does not work for, ...

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