Lexington Books
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978-1-4985-9380-9 • Hardback • June 2020 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
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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
This informative and comprehensive synthesis is a significant addition to the growing body of African Theater. The carefully argued and powerfully inspirational work opens a new chapter in Theater of commitment scholarship. The essays are rich explorations and conceptualizations of the field of theater of commitment in Nigeria. The ideas portrayed here are universal and timeless. A definitive text on the subject!
— Irene Agunloye, University of Jos