This groundbreaking volume takes an interdisciplinary look at the powerful lines, lyrics, and verses found in some of the world's most celebrated literary and performative works. It seeks to extract, analyze, and theorize significant lines of dialogue, monologue, song lyrics, and poetic verses that carry profound societal, psychological, and communicative implications. It pulls out, examines, and interprets these expressive moments to reveal their deeper social, psychological, and communicative significance. Spanning African novels, Euro American literature, Indian epics, Chinese poetry, Arabian storytelling, Caribbean oral traditions, and more, the collection shows how these creative expressions serve as powerful reflections of human experience, cultural values, and the play of power in society.

Shows how Communication Studies methods & concepts reveal unstudied aspects of classic texts in literature & performance Studies literature and performance from across the globe Centers African and African-American scholars and scholarship

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Dr. Unwana Samuel Akpan is a multidisciplinary media scholar-practitioner. He lectures in the Department of Journalism, Broadcasting and Media Studies, at the University of Lagos, Akoka-Lagos, Nigeria. His research expertise spans the intersections of Sport Communication, Broadcast Journalism, and Indigenous African Communication and Media Systems, reflecting his commitment to advancing multidisciplinary knowledge in these critical areas. He is also the Editor of Communication Review, the flagship journal of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Lagos. He has research articles in top-tier international academic journals, and he has authored and edited several books with prestigious international academic publishers.

Dr. Onwumechili is Full Professor of Communications and the Editor-In-Chief of The Howard Journal of Communications. Dr. Onwumechili has published widely in multiple academic journals and over 15 books. He also serves on the Editorial Board of the Communication & Sport journal. He is the author of the textbook Sport Communication: An International Approach. Dr. Onwumechili's research interest is varied and covers multiple areas: Africa, sports communication, media issues, telecommunications, and political communication.

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. Cultural Resonance and Adaptation of China's Literary Classic 'Journey to the West' and its Impact on Intercultural Communication.- 2. Revisiting Audre Lorde: Through Transnational Feminist and Queer Lenses.- 3. DILAN" NOVEL AND POP PHENOMENON: STUDY ON THE POPULARITY OF LITERARY WORKS.- 4. Zaat: Sonallah Ibrahim's Arabian Classic.- 5. Bridging Oral Tradition and Digital Culture: Communication Lines and Meme Discourse in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.- 6. 'A Man is Never Ugly', Interrogating an Antithesis of African Motherhood Spirit in Buchi Emecheta's Novel, The Joys of Motherhood.- 7. I AM A STATISTIC, AND I AM A SURVIVOR: CRITIQUING SKEWED GBV DISCOURSE, STAGING SELF-IDENTITY IN BERNIE FETTE'S MEMOIR, MEN DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.- 8. The Kolanut Does Not Understand English": Interrogating Imperialism in Nigerian (Igbo) Culture Through Chimamanda Adichie's 'Half of a Yellow Sun'.- 9. RELAXING YOUR HAIR IS LIKE BEING IN PRISON: THE POLITICS OF HAIR AS A CULTURAL SIGNIFIER IN CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE'S 'AMERICANAH'.- 10. PROVERBS/RHETORICAL LINES IN ÑKAÑA'S MUTANDA OYOM NAMONDO: CONTRIBUTIONS TO LITERATURE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA.- 11. The Whole Village Turned Out on the Ilo: Afrocentric Public Sphere and Communication-Literary Logic(s) in Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart.- 12. It Is Good to Have a Woman Live with a Man: Interrogating the Irony in Companionship, and Cultural Expectations in Ahmed Yerima's Hendu.- 13. I (STILL) CAN'T BREATHE: ANALYZING H.E.R. AND LAURYN HILL'S PROSE OF PROTEST IN THE UNITED STATES.- 14. Kobe Bryant's Dear Basketball: The Art of Storytelling and Positionality Through the Eyes of the Mamba.- 15. Decoding and Connecting the Communication Dots in the World's Literary Classics. Exploring the Communication Components of Botswana's Indigenous Culture: A Case Study on the Utilization of metaphors in some selected songs at initiation schools.- 16. Rise and Shine Defying Obscurity with 2D Animation Mukowasha Sakabonyo Korekore Ngano Intangible Cultural Heritage in Zimbabwe.- 17. RESILIENCE AND ACTIVISM THROUGH SOUTH AFRICAN VENDA REGGAE LYRICS: THE STORY OF of NGWANIWAPO.- 18. Ndoiwanepi Nyanga Yenzou? Oliver Mtukudzi's Song of Lamentation on Marriage Malpractices among the Shona People of Namibia.- 19. 'SORROWS, TEARS, AND BLOOD, NA DEM REGULAR TRADEMARK': DECODING AUTHORITY AND REPRESSION IN FELA KUTI'S PROTEST MUSIC.- 20. WATER E NO GET ENEMY: FELA KUTI'S ENDURING ANTHEM FOR UNITY, RESILIENCE, AND SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.- 21. Zviripo Zvichada Hama, Ubuntu Principles of Communion in Alick Macheso's Lyrics.- 22. Communicativeness of African Traditional Religious Beliefs in Select Sungura Songs by Alick Macheso.