Committed Theatre in Nigeria -

Committed Theatre in Nigeria

Perspectives on Teaching and Practice
Buch | Hardcover
230 Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-9380-9 (ISBN)
105,95 inkl. MwSt
This book identifies Nigerian theatre as a highly creative and useful tool for cultural and economic development. It moves beyond the usual discussion of theatre as entertainment to a dialogue that situates theatre as an essential tool for initiating public discourse for the advancement of society in general.
This book provides an overview of the full range of the teaching and practice of Committed Theatre and theatre of commitment in Nigeria for scholars in the arts and cultural studies. It is divided into four sections; Chapter 1: Theatre in Development Discourse, which is comprised of four papers that explore the theories of practice of theatre of commitment. Chapter 2 : Nigerian Theatre in Perspective discusses the trends, ethos of revolution, theatrical elements and communalistic/individualistic tendencies and the taboos theatre, drama and traditional theatre in Nigeria. In Chapter 3, the social, cultural and historical implications of Nigeria theatre, is examined in papers that focus on politics, theatre, and echoes of separatism in Nigeria and including an analysis of Aesthetagement of the Calabar Carnival in Nigeria. Chapter 4 performs a critical analysis of committed theatre practices from a global perspective. Interviews were conducted with committed artistes from Nigeria, Canada, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. Committed Theatre Perspectives in Teaching and Practice in Nigeria has the potential to impact the philosophy, teaching, and practice of theatre. The ideas contained in the book provide an excellent framework for understanding the importance and more importantly, the impact of theatre on society.

Segun Oyeleke Oyewo is head of the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Africa, Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State. Stephen Ogheneruro Okpadah is a PhD candidate in the Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin. Taiwo Okunola Afolabi is a PhD candidate in the Department of Theatre at the University of Victoria.

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables



Function, need and the practical implications of Committed Theatre and Theatre of Commitment in Nigeria: An Introduction.



Chapter 1: Theatre in Development Discourse

The Imperatives of Freire’s Poetics of Liberation for Applied Theatre

Adegbamigbe, Abayomi.

The Arts: Artistes and the Theatre in Development Discourse

Jiboku, Joseph Olutoyin

On Being Black: Art and commitment in August Wilson

Prayer P. Elmo Raj

Functional Arts: An Innovative Exploration of Bamboo for Entreprenuerer Possibilities in Nigeria.

Quadri, Oluwasegun Olawale



Chapter 2 :Nigerian theatre in perspective

Patterns and Trends of Committed Theatre in Nigeria

Lawal, Hameed Olutoba

The Revolutionary Ethos in Sam Ukala’s Last Heroes

Ogu-Raphael, Ifeanyi and Stephen Ogheneruro Okpadah

Theatrical elements in the Egba Festival of Kokori People in Delta State

Awodiya, Muyiwa P. and Akpore Nicholas Efe

Communalistic/Individualistic Tendencies and the Taboos in Wedlock of the Gods

Adjeketa Blessing



Chapter 3 Social, cultural and historical implications of Nigeria theatre

Politics, Theatre, and Echoes of Separatism in Nigeria

Okpadah, Stephen Ogheneruro and Taiwo Afolabi Okunola

Poverty, Ethics and Theatre Entrepreneurship in Nigeria

Oyewo, Segun Oyeleke

Analysis of Aesthetagement of Calabar Carnival in Nigeria

Oyewo, Segun Oyeleke and Christopher Elochukwu Unegbu



Chapter 4: Committed theatre practices: A critical analysis from a Global Perspective

Committed Theatre Practices: Indigenous Theatre Practice in Indonesia

Silas Emovwodo

Functional Theatre and Theatre of Commitment in Nigeria: An Interview with Akanji Nasiru

Oyewo, Segun Oyeleke

Committed Theatre, Committed People: Interview with Practitioners from Canada, interview with Paulina Grainger – Arts and Outreach Coordinator, (Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) & Lina De Guevara (Founder, Puente Theatre, Canada)

Taiwo Afolabi Okunola

A Committed Artist on the Niger Delta Speaks: An Interview with Ben Binebai, Associate

Professor of Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

Okpadah, Stephen Ogheneruro

The Committed Artiste from Ethiopia: Debebe Eshetu

Menyahel Teshome

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum
Co-Autor Abayomi Adegbamigbe, Joseph Olutoyin Jiboku
Verlagsort Lanham, MD
Sprache englisch
Maße 157 x 230 mm
Gewicht 544 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Musik Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
Kunst / Musik / Theater Theater / Ballett
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 1-4985-9380-1 / 1498593801
ISBN-13 978-1-4985-9380-9 / 9781498593809
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