Abstract
The concept of leisure in African societies is a phenomenon hardly spoken about in history books or in current literature. This is not the case with Western scholars who have over the years interrogated the word as it affects and is perceived in Western societies. Within such discourse, leisure is interrogated within the confines of labour and finance, as a reward for physical or mental work, or as an aspect of socio-cultural development.
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Asakitikpi, A.O. (2018). Transformation of Leisure in Nigeria. In: Modi, I., Kamphorst, T. (eds) Mapping Leisure. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3632-3_16
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