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ABSTRACT Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria is often named as the most beautiful university in Africa. The university was established in 1961, during the early days of Nigerian independence and during a time of great optimism when the newly established universities were seen as central to the project of a modern, independent country. Yet today, this same institution has overcrowded accommodation and decaying classrooms, and the university does not provide students with the facilities they need for dignified life on campus. This article historicises this decline and argues that the absence of toilet facilities on Nigerian university campuses makes concrete the daily struggles of students trying to study and learn in very harsh conditions. Through analyses of two case studies, the article documents some of the inventive everyday practices in which students engage in the absence of adequate provision.
ABSTRACT Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria is often named as the most beautiful university in Africa.这所大学成立于 1961 年，当时正值尼日利亚独立初期，新成立的大学被视为现代化独立国家项目的核心，当时的人们对此非常乐观。然而今天，这所大学的宿舍拥挤不堪，教室破败不堪，学校也没有为学生提供有尊严的校园生活所需的设施。本文对这一衰退进行了历史性的分析，认为尼日利亚大学校园中厕所设施的缺失使学生们在非常恶劣的条件下努力学习的日常斗争变得具体化。通过对两个案例的分析，文章记录了学生们在缺乏足够设施的情况下所采取的一些别出心裁的日常做法。
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The Journal of African Cultural Studies publishes leading scholarship on African culture from inside and outside Africa, with a special commitment to Africa-based authors and to African languages. Our editorial policy encourages an interdisciplinary approach, involving humanities, including environmental humanities. The journal focuses on dimensions of African culture, performance arts, visual arts, music, cinema, the role of the media, the relationship between culture and power, as well as issues within such fields as popular culture in Africa, sociolinguistic topics of cultural interest, and culture and gender. We welcome in particular articles that show evidence of understanding life on the ground, and that demonstrate local knowledge and linguistic competence. We do not publish articles that offer mostly textual analyses of cultural products like novels and films, nor articles that are mostly historical or those based primarily on secondary (such as digital and library) sources. The journal has evolved from the journal African Languages and Cultures, founded in 1988 in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of Africa at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. From 2019, it is published in association with the International African Institute, London. Journal of African Cultural Studies publishes original research articles. The journal also publishes an occasional Contemporary Conversations section, in which authors respond to current issues. The section has included reviews, interviews and invited response or position papers. We welcome proposals for future Contemporary Conversations themes.
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