Tinubu, like Nero, is fiddling

In every work of art or, perhaps, science is a series of sounds out of which emerges its intended meaning. In analysing these sound effects, we must distinguish between performance and pattern of sound. The reading aloud, for example, of a work is a performance – a mere musicality which is orchestrated by pitch or the rising and falling of intonation. Most times when too much emphasis is placed on form or where scant regard is accorded content, what usually ensues is a burlesque or a series of comic effects. Sound and meaning must be understood as elements of the

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