Drama and Theatre in Nigeria
Author: Yemi Ogunbiyi
Publisher: Lagos : Nigeria Magazine
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 548
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Author: Yemi Ogunbiyi
Publisher: Lagos : Nigeria Magazine
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 548
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Yemi Ogunbiyi
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 736
ISBN-13: 9789788453819
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A critical look at the Nigerian Theatre from its inception to the present, while correcting omissions and erroneous impressions made in past studies. In short, it gives a perspective to Nigerian Drama and foreign ones alike including those actually involved in Nigerian Drama and Theatre. The study, therefore, presents a description and criticism of the major aspects of Nigerian Drama and Theatre, bringing forward new data and fresh insights concerning the subject."--Page xi.
Author: Foluke Ogunleye
Publisher: Integritas Services
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9789783626676
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBuilding on earlier works on the African video film movement this book discusses: The Dynamics of Finance in the Nigerian Traveling Theatre; Christian Morality Plays in Nigeria; Television Docudrama as Alternative Records of History; Nigerian Tele-Drama and Propaganda; Money and Mercantilism in Nigerian Historical Plays; History of the Ori Olokun Theatre; and The Socio-Economic Construct of the Nigerian Home Video Film.
Author: Alfonso Gumucio Dagron
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Segun Oyeleke Oyewo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-06-01
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 149859381X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Iremhokiokha Peter Ukpokodu
Publisher: Mellen University Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 340
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work is a study of Nigerian drama from the eve of independence to the 1980s with supportive materials from Nigeria's socio-political history. It examines the appropriateness and usage of the term Nigerian Drama and sets limits on its meaning. It also looks at what influences the Negritude movement and independence had on Nigerian drama, and why it is important to study Nigerian drama of socio-political concern. It examines pre-Colonial Nigeria, the style of politics and electioneering that marked the first Republic, the Marxist phenomenon in drama, the effects of the civil war, and the drama that resulted. It includes play synopses, and biographies of playwrights.
Author: Iyorwuese Harry Hagher
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tor Iorapuu
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9789789734399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lokangaka Losambe
Publisher: New Africa Books
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781919876061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this collection of essays written from different critical perspectives, African playwrights demonstrate through their art that they are not only witnesses, but also consciences, of their societies.
Author: Karin Barber
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2003-03-21
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780253216175
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the 1980s, Yoruba popular theatre has virtually disappeared due to radio, TV and other mass media in Nigeria. This is the personal account of a theatre worker on tour with the Oyin Adejobi Company. Drawing on archives, interviews and transcribed plays, she describes a successful Yoruba drama.