ABUJA 2016

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATION

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AfTA CONFERENCE ABUJA 2016: SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATION

DATE / TIME PANELS PRESENTERS 21 July 2016 17:00 – 18:30

PANEL A: TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT IN PLAYWRITING, PLAY AND FILM DIRECTING IN AFRICA (9)

Rowland C. AMAEFULA (Department of Languages/Linguistics/Literary Studies, Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria) “From Street to Script: Towards an Alternative Model of Playwriting in Nigeria” Mabel Yawa BENYARKO (Reson8 Ghana Ltd) and A Bernard ADJIRACKOR (School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana) “The Effects of Gender on the Art and Role of the Contemporary Director” Patrick EBEWO and Mzo SIRAYI (Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa) “Arts or Reality Theatre? – The Influence of Reality Television on Contemporary South African Dramaturgy” Olympus G. EJUE (Department of Theatre Arts, University of Abuja) “New Directions and Dynamics of the “Straight Take” Method in Theatre Performance” Abiola Olubunmi FASORANTI (School of Visual and Performing Arts, Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria) “Directing the Unseen Characters in J.P Clark’s The Wives Revolt: Paradigm Shift in Nigerian Play Directing” Oluwatayo B. ISIJOLA (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria) “Shifting Paradigms in Drama for Aesthetic Essence: A Performance Appraisal of Tyrone Terrence’s A Husband’s Wife” Anton KRUEGER (Rhodes University, South Africa) “Contemporary Trends in South African Playwriting” Ihunwo OVUNDA (Department of Theatre and Film Studies University of Port Harcourt) “African Perception of Vulgarity: A Performance Appraisal of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues” ‘Diran ADEMIJU-BEPO (Department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos, Nigeria) “Tenor of Pain: Videofilm, Theatre and Ifa Corpus – An Interrogation of Conflict Mediation in Kilebi Olorun And We The Beast”

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21 July 2016 17:00 – 18:30

PANEL B: TRENDS IN CHOREOGRAPHIC AND DANCE ART/PERFORMANCE (9)

Princewill C. ABAKPORO (Theatre Arts Department, Imo State University, Owerri) and Isaac IHEKWOABA (Theatre and Media Studies Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State) “Pentecostalism as Major Bane to the Development of Nigerian Indigenous Dance” Josephine Ebiuwa ABBE (Department of Theatre Arts and Mass Communication, University of Benin, Benin City) “The Ugie Carnival Street Dance as Paradigm Shift in Benin Igue Festival Performance” Sunday Doutimiariye ABRAYE (Department of Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State) “Festival Drama and Audience Participation: A Study of the Masquerade Dance Performance of the Aleibiri People of Bayelsa State” Gladys Ijeoma AKUNNA (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka). “Art Creation and Performance for Special Needs: Reflections on Dance Movement Therapy Intervention in Nigeria” Chukwuma, ANYANWU (Department of Theatre Arts Faculty of Arts Delta State University, Abraka) “The Changing Scene of the Nigerian Stage” Asuquo Nsikan BASSEY (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria) “Neo-Theatrical Technology: Questioning the Validity of Neoclassical Ideals in Performances: Drums of War Production as Paradigm” Sarahleigh CASTELYN (University of East London) “Choreographing and Homemaking in South African Dance Theatre” Felix Damilola EMORUWA (Creative Arts Department, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria) “The place of Noise, Anger, Sex and Drugs in the Contemporary ‘Choreotic’ Cultures in Nigeria” EITHER Steve James ITSEWAH (Department of Theatre and Media Arts Federal University Lafia) “Dance as a Profession in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects” OR

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Steve James ITSEWAH and Emmanuel Paul IDAKWO (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University Lafia, Lafia Nasarawa State) “Dearth of Dance Libretti and Dance Films in Nigeria: A Stagnation of Dancers' Stardom”

21 July 2016 17:00 – 18:30

PANEL C: NOLLYWOOD AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN AFRICAN PERFORMANCE (7)

Irene SALAMI-AGUNLOYE. (Centre for Gender & Women’s Studies University of Jos, Nigeria) “Bad Girls, Wicked Mothers”: Negotiating Feminist Shifts in the Nollywood Films” Oyewole Isaac AKANLE (National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) Wuse Zone 7, Abuja) and Anne Isioma ABURIME (Bush House Nigeria Three Flags Zone, Lokogoma Expressway, Abuja). “‘Sound and Moods’ in Nollywood Films: A Reading of Kiss and Tell” Barclays Foubiri AYAKOROMA “Reinventing Nollywood Christian Genre Films as Media for Inculcating Moral Values in Nigeria: A Critical Reading of Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen’s Private Sin”. Ezekiel BOLAJI (School of Arts and Social Sciences, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education Oto/Ijanikin, Lagos State.) “New Trend in Nollywood Films: Some Lexico-Syntactic Challenges of Yoruba Film Subtitling” Sam A. DEDE (Department of Theatre and Film Studies University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria) “Nollywood and the Emergent Cinema Culture in Nigeria” Charles EFFIONG (Department of Theatre and Media Studies University of Calabar, Nigeria) “The Bizarre in Nollywood: A Proposal for Aesthetic Appeal” John U. EKPENO (Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, ABU, Zaria) “Nollywood and Problems of Piracy: A Critical Assessment”

21 July 2016 17:00 – 18:30

PANEL D: SHIFTS IN GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES (6)

Nkiruka Jacinta AKAENYI (Department of Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts, Akwa Ibom State University, Nigeria) “Strength trapped within Weakness/ Weakness Trapped within Strength: Ideological Contradictions in Efo Kodgo Mawugbe’s In The Chest of a Woman” Rosemary ASEN (Department of Theatre Arts Benue State University Makurdi)

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“A Womanist Critique of Selected Plays of Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh” Mabel Yawa BENYARKO (Reson8 Ghana Ltd. Accra Ghana) “Female Representations in Ghanaian Drama: From the 1960s to the 21st Century” Obiorah EKWUEME “Rethinking Gender and Conflict Management in Osofisan’s Altine’s Wrath” Daniel IBRAHIM (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) “Women in Hausa Theatre: Past, Present and Future” (Graduate Student) *Steve James ITSEWAH and Musiliat Uzavize USMAN (Department of Theatre and Media Arts Federal University, Lafia. Nasarawa State) “Dilating and Diffusing Women’s Heroism and Feminist Peculiarities in Otun Rasheed’s The Gods Are Still Not To Blame and Ben Tomoloju’s Queen Amina of Zauzau”

22 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL E: ISSUES AND SHIFTS IN THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT (7)

Jimmy AKOH (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria) “Beyond Academic Grades: The Need for Monitoring and Evaluating TfD Projects in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions” Friday Achor AKOWE (Department of Theatre Arts Alvan Ikoku University Of Education, Owerri) “Adoption for Collaboration on the Departure point: Theatre for Development and Hollywood Ties for Socio-Cultural Significance” Austin ASAGBA (Department of Theatre and Mass Communication, University of Benin, Benin City Nigeria) “The Peoples Theatre: Issues of Societal Dislocation, Ideology and Performance” Kennedy CHINYOWA (Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa) “Shifting Paradigms in Disability Theatre: A Zimbabwean Case Study” Sam KASULE (Department of Theatre and Performance, College of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences University of Derby, UK) “Taking to the Streets: Theatre Artists Peopling the Media in Uganda” Rasheedah LIMAN (Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria)

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“Reinventing Communities in the Rain: Community Theatre in the Service of Internally Displaced People in Northern Nigeria” Desen Jonathan MBACHAGA and Oluwatayo B. ISIJOLA (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria) “Drama as a Veritable Communication Tool for 21st Century Ecological Concerns”

22 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL F TRENDS IN MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE (7)

Ismaila Rasheed ADEDOYIN (Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Nigeria) “Towards The Honest Theatre” Emmanuel Imasekhoevbo AIMIUWU (Department of Music, Faculty of Arts University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria) “African Music Aesthetics: The Concept of Music in African Aesthetics Experience” Jacqueline Zinale BULLINDAH (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) “Re-thinking the Concept of the Creative Process in Generating Theatrical Music in Kenya” Omolabake Adejoke DADA (Department of Music Technology, The Polytechnic, Ibadan) “Paradigm Shifts in the Works of King Sunny Ade, A Juju Maestro” Olupemi, OLUDARE (Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Nigeria) “Theorizing the Rhythmic Pattern in Yoruba Sakara Music of Nigeria” Canice Chukwuma NWOSU (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria) “Beyond Occidental Postmodernism: The Search for African Postmodern Paradigms in the Pulpitic and Beggars’ Musical Forms” Ruth OPARA (University of Colorado, Boulder USA) “Breaking Gender Normativity through Music: A Case of South Africa and Nigeria”

22 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL G: NOLLYWOOD AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN

Law Ikay EZEH Jr. (National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) Lagos, Nigeria) “Identity Formation in Nollywood as Panacea for Culture of Mediocrity and Impunity” Adejoke A. FADIREPO (Department of Performing Arts, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye) “Making of Gender in Nollywood Films: The Image, Identity, and Crisis”.

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AFRICAN PERFORMANCE (6)

Emily Oghale GOD’SPRESENCE (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State) “Inventing New Cultures and Women’s Identity in Nollywood Films” Teddy HANMAKYUGH (Nigerian Film Institute, Jos.) “Technology as a Catalyst for the Growth of Motion Picture Industry: An Evaluation of Selected Film Production, Distribution and Exhibiting Equipment” Samuel O. IGOMU (Department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos) “Patriarchal Hostility and Matriarchal Insensitivity: A Paradoxical Portrayal of Women in the Nollywood Movie, Mr & Mrs” Ezinne IGWE (University of Nigeria, Nsukka & Birmingham City University) “Sifting Through the ‘…woods’ for a Nigerian National Cinema”

22 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL H: MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING OF AFRICAN PERFORMANCES AND FILM (7)

Gowon, Ama DOKI and Jerry Idah ODEH (Department of Theatre Arts, Benue State University, Makurdi) “Hazard Management in Nigerian Theatre” Chisimdi Udoka IHENTUGE (Department of Theatre Arts, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State) “Re-Thinking Film Scholarship in Nigeria: Thrust on Film Marketing Training for Improved Industry Performance” Asheri KILO (Technical Adviser 1; Ministry of Arts and Culture Cameroon (MINAC)) and Fondzeyuf TUME (Department of Performing and Visual Arts, University of Bamenda (UBa) Cameroon Service Head for Fine Arts Ministry of Arts and Culture (MINAC) – Cameroon) “Theatre and Video for Social Change: An Alternative to Cameroon’s Emergence” Segun Oyeleke OYEWO (Department of the Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria), Taiwo Okunola AFOLABI (Department of Theatre, Faculty of Arts, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada), Idrees Olakunle BELLO (Department of the Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)

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“Arts Entrepreneurship: Creativity and Innovation in Theatre Praxis in Nigeria” Martins Uze E. TUGBOKOROWEI (Department of Theatre Arts Delta State University Abraka) “The Living Stage and Motion Picture Intercourse: The Challenge of Integration” Israel Meriomame WEKPE (Workshop Theatre, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK) and Victor Osae IHIDERO (Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria) “In ReACTion to Language on Stage and Screen” Roseline A YACIM (Department of Theatre Arts University of Abuja) and Emmanuel ONAH (Federal Capital Territory Administration Social Development Secretariat Performing Arts Division Abuja) “Collaboration in the Performing Arts: A Qualitative Study of the Private Arts Theatre Troupes in the Municipal Area Council, Abuja”

22 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL I: SHIFTS IN PERFORMANCE THEORIES AND CRITICISM IN AFRICAN THEATRE (7)

Alfred Bem ABUGH (Department of Theatre and Film Arts University of Jos, Jos. Plateau State Nigeria) “Interrogating the Asininity of Unlawful Cultural Practices against Women in Drama: Tess Onwueme’s The Reign of Wazobia and Rosemary Asen’s The Woman in Black Examined” Susan O. BADEJI, Peter BELLO and Damilola BABARINDE (Theatre Arts Department, College of Humanities, Redeemer’s University Ede, Osun State) “One Stitch in Time…The Timely Intervention of Theatre in ‘Fighting the Course’ of Ebola in Nigeria” Muyiwa BETIKU (Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) “Live Theatrical Performances and the Nigerian Audience: The Past and the Present. Is There a Future?” Njideka Justina DIMGBA (National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Abuja) “Dramaturgy and Socio-Political Development in Nigeria: A Study of Femi Osofisan's Who Is Afraid Of Solarin?” Ikechukwu EJELONU (Department of Theatre Arts, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo State) “Acting and Stage Performance and the Sustainability of Cultural Structure and Stability: Toni Duruaku Silhouettes as Paradigm” Reuben EMBU (Department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos)

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“Repositioning the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) through Drama: An Appraisal of Samuel Kafewo’s The General’s Award”. Ikotinyie James ESHIET (Department of Theatre Arts, Igbinedion University,Okada, Okada, Edo State, Nigeria) “Tradition and the Zeal for Indigenous Theatrical Aesthetics in Select Plays of Sam Ukala”

22 July 2016 16:30 – 18:30

PANEL J: SHIFTS IN GENDER AND WOMEN’S STUDIES (6)

Sophia JESOW “Genuine Mirrors of Representation: Unpacking Hegemonic and Eurocentric Foundations of Representation through the Popular” Ike Salome OBIAGERI (Theatre Arts Department, Imo State University, Owerri) “Confronting the Change, Women in Politics of Power in Nigerian Theatre: A Study of Tess Onwueme’s Parables For A Season And The Reign Of Wazobia” Christine ODI (Department of Theatre Arts, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria) “Tess Onwueme’s Parables for a Season: A Metaphor for Nigerian Development and Women’s Empowerment” Juliana OKOH (Department of Theatre and Film Studies University of Port Harcourt Port Harcourt, Nigeria) “Women and Politics in Nigerian Drama and Theatre” Modupe Elizabeth OLANIYAN and Toyin Beatrice BADE-AFUYE (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria) “A Re-Definition of Nigerian Women’s Position in Femi Osofisan, Sola Afolayan and Olu Ogunrotimi’s Plays” Nkululeko SIBANDA (Howard College, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa) “Theatre, Training and Performance as Gender Mainstreaming Strategies in the Arts and Creative Industries: Amakhosi Theatre Productions as a Case Study”.

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22 July 2016 16:30 – 18:30

PANEL K: TECHNOLOGY AND FILM / TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA (7)

‘Femi ADEDINA (Department of Theatre Arts, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Ijanikin, Lagos ) and Victor ‘Tunji TAIWO (Department of Mass Communication, Southwestern University, Okun-Owa, Ijebu, Ogun State, Nigeria) “The Role of New Media in the Development of African-Yoruba Folk Performances” Bifátife Olufemi ADESEYE (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria) “Assessing the Coding System in Yorùbá Ifá for Modern Communication Typology” Kwaghkondo AGBER (Department of Theatre Arts University of Abuja, Nigeria) “The New Media and the Globalisation of the Nigerian Video Film” Dameh Joseph ALI (Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Bayero University Kano) “Innuendoes about Fatherhood: A Representation of Shifts in Gender Roles in Tunde Kelani’s Maami” Esther Frank APEJOYE and. Charles EFFIONG (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, University of Calabar, Nigeria) “A Historical and Critical Recap of the Degradation of the Black Race: Twelve Years A Slave as a Case” Ellison DOMKAP (Department of Theatre and Film Arts University of Jos) “Film Production in Nigerian Universities: Myth, Reality and Mediocrity” Emmanuel Onyekachukwu EBEKUE and Tracie UTOH-EZEAJUGH (Department of Theatre and Film Studies Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka) “Social Dynamics as Key Determinant of Film Thematization: An Appraisal of the Nigerian Film Culture”

22 July 2016 16:30 – 18:30

PANEL L: EMERGING TRENDS / PERSPECTIVES IN DESIGN AND SCENOGRAPHY (5)

Aminat Titilayo ADEBAYO (School of Postgraduate Studies, Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Nigeria) “Challenges to the Emergence of Female Set Designers in Nigeria: A Feminist Perspective” Aderemi Michael ADEOYE (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria)

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“The Metamorphosis of Space and Performance: Scenography as Outcome of Experience” A Bernard ADJIRACKOR (School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana) “The Impact of Revolutionary Technological Enhancements in the Theatre: A Bane or Blessing to the Stage” Patrick BASSEY (Department of Theatre and Media Studies, University of Calabar, Nigeria) “Paradigm shift in Stage Lighting: A Case for the Application of New Technologies in Nigerian University Theatres” Nneka IBELI-ALIO (Department of Theatre and Film Studies University of Nigeria, Nsukka) “Costume and Identity Formation among Nigerian Youths: An Analytical Study of selected videos”

22 July 2016 16:30 – 18:30

PANEL M: PARADIGM SHIFTS IN AFRICAN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE (10))

Nkemdirim Olubunmi ADEDINA (Department of Theatre Arts, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto/Ijanikin, Lagos) and Grace Uche ADINKU (Department of Theatre Arts, School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana, Legon) “Audience Participation: A Must for African Performance?” Awo Mana ASIEDU (University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana) “Roverman Productions: A New Paradigm of Ghanaian Popular Theatre” Charles AGHA and Chijioke Y. IYAMAH (Department of Theatre Arts, School of Arts and Social Sciences College of Education, Agbor Delta State) “The Dramatic Limits of Ritual Performances in Adun and Erishi Festivals” Annette BÜHLER-DIETRICH (Université de Ouagadougou) “Sony Labou Tansi’s Plays: A New Paradigm in Francophone African Theatre” Gowon Ama DOKI (Department of Theatre Arts, Benue State University Makurdi) and Andera Paul TSE (Department of Theatre Arts, College of Education Katsina-Ala). “Traditional African Theatre Performance and the Threat of Cultural Extinction: The Tiv Kwagh-Alom Paradigm” Zhang FEILONG (School of Foreign Languages, Hebei University of Science and Technology, China) “African Theatre Studies in China”

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Desen Jonathan MBACHAGA (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria) “Communion with the Dead: Images and Functions of Alekwu Masquerades in James Alachi’s Dilemma of Oko” Cliff NWANNA (Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka) “Traditional Theatre as the Bulwark of Social Justice and Nation Building among the Igbo Nigeria” Nelson Torti OBASI (Department of Theatre and Film Studies University of Nigeria, Nsukka Nigeria) “Paradigm Shift in African Theatre: Theatre as a Purveyor of Justice and Peace” Michael OFORI (Boston University, USA) “Beyond Anansegoro: The Poetics of the Ghanaian Theater”

22 July 2016 16:30 – 18:30

PANEL N: SHIFTS IN PERFORMANCE THEORIES AND CRITICISM IN AFRICAN THEATRE (7)

Mabel I. E. EVWIERHOMA (Department of Theatre Arts University of Abuja Nigeria) “Changing Paradigms in the Theory and Criticism of Nigerian Drama” Osita C EZENWANEBE (Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Nigeria) “Mediating Audience Response in the Theatre of Ayakoroma’s Dance on his Grave” Anthony GODSON (Department of Theatre Arts, Imo State University, Owerri) “Feminism, Theory Production and Practice in A Postmodern Africa: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Idealization and Theorizing” Festus O. IDOKO and Danbello Ahmadu IBRAHIM (Department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos and Department of Theatre Arts, Plateau State University, Bokkos) “Interstices of Corruption in D. Olagoke’s The Incorruptible Judge”. Chikerenwa Kingsley IHEKWEME (Department of Theatre and Media Studies Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria) “Images of Oppression and Female Liminality in African Folktales: Sam Ukala’s The Slave Wife and Akpakaland” Isaiah ILO (Department of Theatre Arts University of Abuja, Nigeria) “Language Aesthetics in African Literature”.

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Mohammed-Kabir Jibril IMAM (Theatre Arts Department, Alvan Ikoku University of Education, Owerri) “Re-Decolonizing the Neo-colonized: A Leeway for Afro-Postmodernist Struggles in Some Select Nigerian Drama”

22 July 2016 PERFORMANCE PANEL

PERFORMANCE AS INTERVENTION

Oluwadamilola APOTIERI-ABDULAI (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa) “From Storytelling to Enactment: Theatre for Alternative Therapy” (A Proposed Performance Presentation” Oluwatayo B. ISIJOLA (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria) “Bill Test: An Experimental Performance” Mpho MALOTANA (Take Care Nation Be Wise) “African Performance and the Audience: Pantsula Culture (Dance Piece)” Pat Obi NWAGBO (National Institute for Cultural Orientation – NICO) “Communication of HIV/AIDS as Critical Ill Health using African Theatre Entertainment Education: The Examples of Lynn Dalrymple's DramAidE in South Africa” Carla W SPRINGER (The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados) “The Therapy of Drama: An analysis of strategies developed in Dramatherapy to influence change”

23 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL O: TECHNOLOGY AND FILM / TELEVISION AND NEW MEDIA (6)

Sunday EDUM (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Port Harcourt) “The New Media and the Promotion of a User-friendly Theatre in Nigeria” Chidiebere S. EKWEARIRI (Department of Theatre Arts Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education Owerri, Imo State) “Technological Trends in the Filmic Medium: Nigerian Nollywood and the Challenges of Adaptability and Conformity” Ikechukwu EROJIKWE , Ugochukwu ANIBUOGU and Vincent NNAMELE (Department of Theatre and Film Studies University of Nigeria, Nsukka) “The Promethean Complex and Health Perspectives in Dry”

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Catherine, MAKHUMULA “Re-Imagining Theatre Boundaries: Intermediality in African Theatre” Desen Jonathan MBACHAGA and Oluwatayo B. ISIJOLA (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria.) “Drama as a Veritable Communication Tool for 21st Century Ecological Concerns” Edward OSSAI (Department of Theatre Arts, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria) “Movie Making in Conflict Zones in Nigeria: The Jos Experience”

23 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL P: NOLLYWOOD AND IDENTITY FORMATION IN AFRICAN PERFORMANCE (6)

Stanislaus IYORZA (Department of Theatre and Media Studies, University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria) “Representations of Tiv Folklores in Emergent Beniwood Movies in Nigeria” Abdullahi LAWAL (Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria) “Nollywood and Paradigm Shift in Nigerian Societal Memory: A Model in Afolayan’s October1st and Bandele’s Half of a Yellow Sun” Agatha N. NWANYA (Department of Theatre and Cultural Studies, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State) “Women Professionals in Nigerian Film Industry; A Paradigm Shift” Mary OKOCHA (University of KwaZulu Natal, Republic of South Africa) and Tosan AKINWOLE (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) “The Shifting Female Identity in African Movies” Cornelius Eze ONYEKABA (Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Nigeria) “Peace Building as a Thematic Preoccupation in Selected Nigerian Films” Teryila Shadrach UKUMA (Department of Theatre Arts Benue State University, Makurdi) “Indigenous Films and Cultural Promotion: Bennywood as an Emerging Platform”

23 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL Q: SHIFTS IN PERFORMANCE THEORIES AND

Hycentha F. I. MADU (Nee NDEFRU) (Department of English/French Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State) “The Tragedy of Equality in Ayakoroma’s Dance on His Grave”

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CRITICISM IN AFRICAN THEATRE (6)

Christopher Akinola OGUNGBEMI (Department of English Studies, University of Limpopo South Africa) “Mass Mobilization in African Literature: A Study of Femi Abodunrin’s The Dancing Masquerade” Bode OJONIYI (Performance & Drama Unit, Department of Languages and Linguistics, Osun State University, Nigeria) “The Ghosts That Will Not Be Laid to Rest: A Critical Reading of “AbantuStand” Ogiemwen Imuetiyan OSEMOTA “The Effect of Corruption on Society: A Historical Treatment and Timeless Chronicle in Fatunde’s Selected Plays” Agozie UGWU (English Studies Department, Nigerian Turkish Nile University, Abuja) “From Culture to Consciousness: The Polemics of Dramatic Literature as Mimetic Mode for Cultural and Socio-cultural Change” Emmanuel E. UZOJI (Department of Theatre and Film Arts University of Jos, Nigeria) “The Earth on Our Stage: An Ecocritical reading to Dandaura’s Venom for Venom and Mbajiorgu’s Wake up Everyone”

23 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL R: EMERGING TRENDS IN THEATRE PERFORMANCE AND POLITICS (11)

Henry Obi AJUMEZE (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town) “The ‘Theatre of the Bloody Metaphor’: The Bio-politics of Violence in the Theatre of the Niger Delta” Ugochukwu ANIBUOGU and Ikechukwu EROJIKWE (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka) “Ecocinema, Environmental Health Risks and the Quest for Environmental Justice: A Study of Black November” Tunji AZEEZ (Department of Theatre Arts & Music, Lagos State University, Lagos) “Governance and Identity Politics in Sunnie Ododo’s Hard Choice and Soji Cole’s Maybe Tomorrow” Chiamaka Cynthia IGBOAYAKA (Department of Theatre Arts, Imo State University, Owerri) “Drama and Nigeria’s National Security Challenges: A Comparative View of Yerima’s Heart of Stone and Obafemi’s Ogidi Mandate”

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Tor Joe IORAPUU (Faculty of Arts University of Jos, Jos, Plateau State) “Literature and Art in Search of Ideology: The Missing Narratives in Nigeria’s Post Military Writings and Art Culture” Oluchi J. IGILI (Department of English Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria) “‘Good’/‘Critical’ Citizenship and the Place of Change in the Search for Home after Imprisonment” Chijioke Yankson IYAMAH and Charles AGHA (Department of Theatre Arts College of Education Agbor, Delta State) “Nigerian Theatre and Contemporary Technology in Scenography: An Overview” Agoma AWARITOMA (Department of Theatre Arts, Faculty of Arts, University of Abuja) “Creative Devices in Solo Performance: A Juxtaposition of Stand-up Comedy and Solo Drama in Nigeria Theatre” Edward Egbo IMO (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Faculty of Humanities University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria) and Margaret Oghie ZIBAGHAFA (Department of General Studies and Faculty of Foundation, Bayelsa State College of Arts and Science, Nigeria) “Stand-up Comedy as Impetus for Evangelism in Nigeria: The Example of Aboki 4 Christ’s Medicinal Laughter” Etuwe Ruth EPOCHI-OLISE (Department of Theatre Arts, College of Education, Agbor, Delta State, Nigeria) “Negotiating a Central Space in Contemporary Theatre Practice: A Monodrama Paradigm” Benjamin Asodiouye EJIOFOR (Department of Theatre and Film Studies Faculty of Humanities, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria) “The Politics of Change in Julie Okoh’s Our Wife Forever”

23 July 2016 11:30 – 13:00

PANEL S: EMERGING TRENDS / PERSPECTIVES IN

Francisca A. NWADIGWE and Charles E. NWADIGWE (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria) “Design, Technology and Human Capital: Exploring the Paradigm Shift in Contemporary Carnival Performance”

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DESIGN AND SCENOGRAPHY (5)

Toyin OGUNDEJI (Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria) “Pedagogy of Fashion and Modeling for the Nigerian Theatre” Eunice Adeighon I. UWADINMA-IDEMUDIA and John IWUH (Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria) “Emerging Trends in Scenography: Abstract Spaces in the Performance of Ahmed Yerima’s Little Drops” Tochukwu J. OKEKE (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria) “Scenography as Artistic Creativity in Contemporary Nigerian Theatre Practice: An Appraisal of Esiaba Irobi’s The Other Side of the Mask in Performance” Sanni MUSLIU. “Design Dimensions and Post-Modern Trends in Egungun Elewe Festival of Oro-Ago in Igbomina Land”

23 July 2016 14:00 – 16:00

PANEL T: ISSUES AND SHIFTS IN THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT (7)

Taofiq Olaide NASIR (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State) “Drama Therapy and TfD in Nigeria: Issues and Discourse” Ndubuisi NNANNA (Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka) “Ecological Crisis and Community Responsibility in Nigeria: A Theatre-Based Approach” Chinyere Lilian OKAM (Department of Theatre and Media Studies University of Calabar, Calabar-Nigeria) “Popular Theatre, Theatre for Development and Entertainment-Education: Reflections on their convergence in the Theatre Arts Discipline” Charles KEBAYA (Department of Film and Theatre Arts, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya), Rachael DIANG’A (Department of Film and Theatre Arts, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya), and Solomon Yamma OBIDAH (Department of Theatre Arts, Plateau State University, Bokkos, Nigeria) “Sustainability and Survival of Theatre for Development in Fragile Socio-Political Economies: Lessons from Kenya and Nigeria” Dennis TEGHTEGH (Department of Theatre Arts Benue State University Makurdi)

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“When Performance Transcends Dialogue in a Theatre for Development Intervention” Fondzeyuf TUME (Department of Performing and Visual Arts, University of Bamenda (UBa) – Cameroon Service Head for Fine Arts Ministry of Arts and Culture (MINAC) – Cameroon) “People Theatre Practice in Cameroon: Sustaining Environmental Education and Development” Chijioke UWAH (Department of English and Comparative Literature University of Fort Hare East London Campus, South Africa) “Oral tradition and HIV/AIDS Intervention in South Africa: Examining the Efficacy of Storytelling in HIV/AIDS Communication”

23 July 2016 14:00 – 16:00

PANEL U: ISSUES IN DRAMA AND THEATRE IN EDUCATION (9)

O.Y. (Mrs) AROGUNMASA (Theatre Arts Department, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo) “Bridging the Gap of Teaching and Learning through Drama-in-Education” Marcellinus Aondohemba ASEN (Department of Theatre, Federal College of Education, Katsina Ala) “The Dilemma of Theatre-in-Education in Nigerian Primary and Post-primary Schools: The Way Forward” Joseph Agofure IDOGHO (Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Nigeria) “Classroom Drama and the Paradigm Shift: An Assessment of Teaching and Learning English as Second Language through Multimedia” Chikada Daniel JAMES (Department of Theatre and Cultural Studies, Nasarawa State University, Keffi Nigeria) “Theatre in Education as A Tool for Promoting the Rights of the Nigerian Child” Lilian OKORO (Department of Theatre and Media Studies University of Calabar, Nigeria) “Early Childhood Education and Incentive Storytelling, Theatre Approaches for Mild Language Immersion Pedagogy in Igbo Folklore” Chris OMOTOSHO (Department of Theatre Arts Federal College of Education, Abeokuta) “Being or Becoming: Understanding Education through the Lens of Theatre” Ejikeme UGIRI and Ifeyinwa UZONDU (Department of Theatre Arts Alvan lkoku Federal University of Education Owerri) “Contemporary lssues on Dramatic Arts Education in Nigerian Schools: An Overview”

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Damian Uchenna UGWUANYI (Department of Theatre & Film Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria) “Theatre and Environmental Education in Nigeria: The Programme of Living Earth Nigeria Foundation Community Theatre Initiatives” Alero UWAWAH (Department of Theatre Arts and Mass Communication, University of Benin, Benin City) “The Challenges of Theatre for Development in Some Nigerian Universities”

23 July 2016 14:00 – 16:00

PANEL V: TRENDS IN CHOREOGRAPHIC AND DANCE ART/PERFORMANCE (9)

Yaki D. MUSA (Department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos) “The Aesthetics of Dance and Music in The Depiction of African Heroine’s: A Focus on the Stage Performance of Irene Salami Agunloye’s More Than Dancing” Nnamdi C. MBARA (Department of Theatre Arts, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education Owerri, Imo-State) “African Performances and the Audience: A Study of “New Face of the Alija-Umu-Owerre Dance” Kevin MCEWEN (New York University, USA) “Social Change through Traditional African Dance” Chris NWARU (Department of Theatre Arts, Imo State University, Owerri) “Towards the Changes in Styles of Alija Dance of Owerri People” Emem OBONGUKO (Department of Theatre Arts, University of Abuja) “Re-Defining Dance for Effective Teaching and Practice in the University Curriculum” James Oluwatoyin Y. OLOKODANA (Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka Lagos, Nigeria) “From Roots to Shoots: The Transitional Dive of the Dance Artistes in Lagos State” John Ochinya ONAH (Department of Theatre Arts Benue State University, Nigeria) “Choreographic Techniques and Aesthetics in the Centenary Performance of A Nation United” ‘Tosin Kooshima TUME (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria) “The Rise and Rise of Dance-Based Advertising in Nigeria”

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23 July 2016 14:00 – 16:00

PANEL W: POSTCOLONIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS (6) STYLES AND SHIFTS IN ACTING (2)

Sola ADEYEMI (Alpha Crownes Publishers, UK & Ibadan Literary Society, Nigeria) “Mapping the People: Colonial and Postcolonial Identities in African Drama” Muftiat Oyindamola ADEYI (Department of the Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Nigeria) “The Theatrical Evolution of Anansi Character from Ghana to the Caribbean” Sola BALOGUN (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria) “Re-inventing Multimedia Drama to Unite Africans in the Diaspora: The Example of Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not to Blame in London” Ekemini Akaninyene EFFIONG “Projection of Nigerian Beliefs and Identity to the World from the Perspective of Chineze Anyaene’s ‘Ije-The Journey’” Chijindu Daniel MGBEMERE (Department of Theatre Arts, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria) “The Trajectories of Identity and Self Affirmation in Dreams on a Monkey Mountain” Adakole J. OKLOBIA (Department of Theatre Arts, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria) “Deconstructing the Myth of Change: An Appraisal of Ojo Bakare Rasaki’s Once Upon A Tower” Kene IGWEONU (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) “Training the Postcolonial Actor” Hameed Olutoba LAWAL (Department of Theatre Arts, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo) “Trends in Acting Styles of Nigerian Theatre”

23 July 2016 14:00 – 16:00

PANEL X: PARADIGM SHIFTS IN AFRICAN THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE (10))

Kelechi S. OGBONNA (Department of Theatre Arts, Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Nigeria) and Casmir E. ONYEMUCHARA (Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria) “African Theatre and Performance Imperatives on the Nigerian Stage: Prospects and Challenges” Adeleke OGUNFEYIMI (The Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa Edo State) “From Tragedy and the Common Man to Pragony- Agony of the Common Man: Paradigm Shifts in African Theatre and Performance”

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Elijah Ugbede OMALE “Coronation Theatre as a panacea for Cultural Preservation: Ata Idakwo Ameh Oboni’s Coronation in perspective” Patrick-Jude OTEH (Jos Repertory Theatre, Jos, Nigeria) “Alternative Funding Sources for the Theatre: The Example of the Jos Repertory Theatre” Paul Andera TSE and Joel Avaungwa FANYAM (Department of Theatre Arts College of Education, Katsina-Ala Benue State, Nigeria) “Tiv Ritual Performances and Audience Participation in Modern African Theatre” Iyue TYODOO (Department of Theatre Arts, College of Education, Katsina Ala, Nigeria) “Strengthening African Moral Values through Folk Performances: A Reflection on Some Tiv Fables” “Coronation Theatre as a panacea for Cultural Preservation: Ata Idakwo Ameh Oboni’s Coronation in perspective” Ngozi UDENGWU (Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Akoka) “Cultural Transformation or Obliteration? A Study of Selected Traditional Festival Performances in Nigeria” Arnold UDOKA (National Troupe, National Theatre, Lagos) “Determinants of Shifts in Indigenous Festival Theatre in Annang Culture” Philip J. UMARU (Department of Theatre & Cultural Studies Nasarawa State University, Keffi) “African Performance and the Audience: A Dialogue with the Rindre Ushi Angri Ritual Performance of Nasarawa State, Nigeria” Agnela da Cruz Henriques Barros WILPER (Luanda, Angola) “Colonial Sequels in Angolan Drama”