Author : Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy
Release : 2008
Genre : Communication
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis African Communication Systems by : Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy

Download or read book African Communication Systems written by Abigail Odozi Ogwezzy. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters: The concept of communication African communication systems and reasons for studying African communication systems -- African communication systems and mass communication compared -- Classification of the traditional channels of communication in Africa -- Verbal and non-verbal communication : introduction -- Verbal and Non-verbal communication compared -- Overview of visual channels of communication and pigmentation /colours as a group of visual channels -- Appearance: physical look and costume / facial marks and tattoos / records -- Iconographic channels of communication: objectified devices, florals, plants and crops -- The concept of instrumental communication -- Idiophones -- Membraneophones -- Membraneophones in south-west Nigeria -- Aerophones -- The concept of demonstrative communication -- Music -- Dance and song -- Poetry, charts and incantations -- Signals, signs and symbolography.