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    Gamji
    (Foundation Publishers, 1993) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    We are all. aware of the fact that becoming a hero is the property of a VIrtuous man. This is because heroism has noth- I~g to ?o with luck or talent but requires constant efforts at all' times, mdeed, to the end of one's life. Hu~iIity is. the fountain of strength of all heroes. So are ~t?er VIrtues like: prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude, aith, . hope, and .chanty. Heroism is not what one cultivates conscIOusly: but IS by popular acclamation, something that is usually achieved only with or after death as in the case ofmartyrs.?amji.' the In?n ~~o was able to bring together all themu.'t.l-ethntc, multi-religIOUS,. multi-lingual and multi-cultural ~ntltles o.f the North .to create the monolithic Arewa identity 1nt? a united people, IS th.e subject of this two-hour play. The ~nter ~?ys we have a hentage, a viable heritage. The heritage Garnji, a man, who was the centre of the Nigerian political t?rms of the 1960s, a literally misunderstood man. Gamji is th! legendary and mystic BigmlJll with the wristwatch the like of whom the gods' ift . ' give as g: s to humanity once in several ~e~erati~ns and who are hard to come by or to replace bee- .IlIS~their ~.ho.esare oversize. In fact there may never be any ~).thcr,Gam!l. like ~ir Ahm~du Bello for a long time to come. I he SucceSSIOnVOidGamji created in the caliphate's tradition lor twenty-tive years attests to the veracity of our claim.
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    New perspectives in the training of translators & interpreters in Nigeria
    (Printview Publishers, 1999) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    Voici le proverbe yoruba qui peut resumer a merveille mon experience de I' enseignement de la traduction et de l'interpretation a l'Universite de Lagos, au Nigeria avant mon arrivee au departement de linguistique et de traduction de I'Universite de Montreal, au Quebec, au Canada. "Les assises de I' enseignement du francais et en francais ; une strategic du multilinguisme." Telle a ete la conclusion a Hue, le 21 octobre 1997, car la mondialisation n'est pas heureuse pour tous. Impulsee par la dynamique economique et obeissant aux seules lois du marc he, elle ignore les dimensions culturelles, sociales et ecologiques des societes. Elle debouche sur une marchandisation generalisee qui efface les identites et met en peril a terme l'existence de toutes les langues. Elle constitue I' antithese de I' aspiration a I'universel qui a ete le fondement de toutes les civilisations.
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    “ Le programme d’études françaises à l’école secondaire au Nigeria : les points de vue des enseignants et étudiants ”
    (Jide Timothy-Asobele, 1999) Ilupeju, A.M.
    Using a pragmatic approach of research including questionnaires and a careful survey of schools in Lagos and Osun States, this chapter established the facts that a number of issues affect the poor quality of French taught and learnt in Nigerian schools. Some of these short comings are: the poor quality and the uncoordinated variety of textbooks on French used, the poor quality of teaching as a result of the poor quality of untrained French teachers and the lack of attention to and ignorance (in most schools) of the SSCE French syllabus. Suggestions were proffered to remedy the deficiencies.
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    Le Francais au Nigeria: une cartographie dynamique
    (Printview Publishers, 1999) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    Nous nous felicitons que I' Agence universitaire de la francophonie, une idee en marche avec une grande destinee, a constitue une reunion de concertation entre les reseaux de I' AUPELF-UREF Iors du premier seminaire sur I' observatoire du francais dans le monde a Paris, le 1ier avril 1998, dont I' objectif eta it de reflechir sur une methodologie de travail pour la creation d' observatoires regionaux de francais. Il faut insister la-dessus, I'installation d''observatoires' regionaux du francais va permettre d'etablir regulierement un diag- nostic de la situation du francais dans le monde, en particulier de sa place dans Ies systemes d'enseignement, qu'iI s'agisse du paysage mediatique, de I' activite des entreprises, des echanges intellectuelles, meme dans Ies pays non francophones comme le Nigeria, grace a ses trentaines de departement d'etudes francaises, Il s'agit de l'ernploi et le statut de la Iangue dans Ies pays comme le Nigeria qui ne participe pas encore aux sommets, mais qui a accorde a la Iangue francaise un statut de Iangue officielle en 1996 a Ouagadougou.
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    Contemporary Nigerian Arts & Artists : a modern guide
    (Upper Standard Publications, 1999) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    Fine and Applied Art after literature forms a lasting mental picture in the minds of all decernining men. The role played by painters, cartoonists, sculptors in the cultural life of France can best be illustrated by the surprise cultural immersion test the French foisted on some Nigerian students on compulsory year abroad at the universite de Dakar in September 1972. They expected us, Nigerians to have an encylopaedic knowledge of French writers, painters, sculptors, musicians etc from the Middle Ages to the 'year 2000. This is why this work devoted to Nigerian Fine and Applied artists is an academic imperative for our Nigerian art lovers and artisits.
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    The producer of our time personality platform
    (2000) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    In this work our focus is on the programme Personulitv Platform and the Producer. Although we shall devote a chapter to till' operation of the television system and another to who is who in tile television industry, yet another chapter to the development of the television industry before and after Independence, the importance of deregulation of the electronic media in Nigeria viz: objective, prospects and problems in a developing economy like Nigeria; the impact of advertising in the Television industry in Nigeria will also be search lighted. But, the main focus of the study is Personality Platform and its relevance towards societal growth. We all know that development without growth is no development. But during this so" birthday anniversary celebration of Alhaji Badru this book will in an illuminating manner show the guts of the producer whose love for democracy inspired him to invite both moderates as well as activists in the political scene of Nigeria. Therefore our study will be devoted to favour of most of the guests that have been invited in the past three years to Personality Platform.
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    Essentials of French grammar for predominantly english-speaking learners
    (The Rehoboth Links, Lagos., 2001) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
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    Brotherhood of gain: a collection of poems (Kabba literary Series)
    (Rothmed International Limited, 2001) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
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    Dance and theatre: a pictorial illustration of Kabba Women Woro Musical Assembly
    (Rothmed Publications, 2001) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    Africa, this is how far we have come. (Sophie Oluwole, a gender activist) A quick look at how Africans were seen in the past through the eye. of European travelers, tourist-explorers, anthropologists, ethnographers, colonialists shows an ethnocentric, eurocentric perverted and demented lack of an in-dept understanding of the social-organisation of the African societies. Homer (C 700 Bc) wrote that Africa (Ethiopia) is a remote place where people worshipped and sacrificed to gods. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) wrote that Africa is a timeless place in which there' are no arts, letters or social organisation, but only fear and violent death. Beget Friedricb (1770-1831) wrote that the people lived in a condition of mindlessness barbering without laws and morality. J. J. Rousseau (1712 1778) wrote that Africarrs cannot think in any reflexive manner. And that their engagement in arts is perceived as a thoughtless activity which is the antithesis of the intellect. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), the 3rd president of the United States of America wrote that it would be impossible for black persons to understand the mathematical formula in Euclid's Famous book The Elements. This was the Jefferson that posited that all men are created equal! Comte Josepli Arthur Gobineau (1816-1882) wrote that Africans are people who lack the sophisticated linguistics skills, the scientific and political faculties of the European and are best suited to dancing, dressing up and singing!
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    Langbasa poetic cultural, political history of Lagos People
    (Promocomms Limited, 2001) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
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    Historical trends of Nigerian indeigenous and contemporary Music
    (Rothmed International Limited, 2002) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    Music is the entertainment aspect of culture. In many parts of the world it has been discovered to be a soothing balm to listeners on different occasions such as in ceremonies: marriages, funerals, birth-day, independence anniversaries. Music in the past has helped in re-organising the mental alertness of people. A concrete example of this could b~ ,drawn from the biblical Saul who was always thrilled and calmed by Dovid s harp and that during King Saul fit of mental derangement. . Music in some societies and countries and In some other parts of the world is as important as food. In Congo, America and Britain from where one could say the most popular world musicians have emerged, such as James Brown, Micheal Jackson, the Late Jimmy Cliff and the late Bob Marley of Jamaica, music is a prized national patrimony. . To come nearer home in Nigeria, music has also formed an Integral part of our life and this music varies from one region to the other or fr?m one state to the other. But the most popular music of Nigeria could be said to be Juju in the Yoruba land, as well as Sakara, Apala, and Fuji; Goge in the Northern part of the country, Highlife in the Eastern part, Funk, Afro Beat, a.nd R~aggae. As a matter of fact, there are many musicians in Nigeria but In this. work, emphasis will be laid on the outstanding ones in the areas alread~ ment~oned. Mention will also be made of their biographies, nature of their music and performance both at home and abroad. .. . The Black and African peoples are an essentially musical peoples. This is not a cliche but a truism. The essence of their music is still felt in far aw~y climes in the USA, Brazil and Cuba where the Jazz, Samba and Rhumb~ 'll~SIC and dance have been immortalized in the minds of the world as the contnbutlon of Black and African peoples to world culture and civilization.
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    Three Church plays
    (Rothmed International Limited, 2002) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    THE PROSTITUTE OR THE PLAGUE 'Suddenly, woman became topical and a subject of solicitude. And under the aegis of the United Nations, the year 1975 was proclaimed the International year of Women. Subsequently on July 2· 1975, 7000 women across the globe held their first world congress in Mexico and a plan of action was decided and a global meeting was planned for 1980. Truth to tell during the 1975 Mexico conference African representatives Were not many and they had, not enough scientific documents to support their continent's delegation. The reason for this cannot be far fetched, because Western educated Afri-canwomen were .•.••• .••. . • '0" . .' not many, therefore African authors with a Gender Slant to their . . publications were in short supply. Thus it was only in Ghana and in Nigeria that Women writers of note existed to wit: Flora Nwapa who published Efurun, Idu (1971) and Never Again in 1975 and Buchi Emecheta, who published 171eDitch (1972), Second Class Citizen (1975), The Bride Prize (1976) and The Slave girl (1979). In Ghana, AmaAta Aidoo published Collected Short Stories and Erua Sutherland Edufa. It is not therefore surprising that the portrayal of African Women in African Literature during the Colonial period by tourist .Anthropologists and Ethnographers and Sociologists smacked of ~?lonial prejudice
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    A manual of poetry for Kogi SSCE Pupils
    (Upper Standard Publications, 2003) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    Ebira thematic thrust abounds also in Brotherhood 0/ Cain on pages 74, 99, 101, md in Isule Wotu n'ehi (p 114), in Ebara: The Egungum, a poem, Adokita appeared. IL i instructive to remind readers that the whole book is dedicated to AMMCO. Kuroko appeared in Kabba: A Play on P134. 'rh Ogidi thematic thrust appeared in the Preface. The Headmaster's Retreat, A Poem jor Severine Naiye) appeared on page 74 in Brotherhood of Cain. gale and Ogidi motif also appeared in Kabba: A Play page 94: Gbede, Ikiri, homorika, Egene (134) and Ebora Oluwo (p 142). Mock Battle (p 41) in Brotherhood of Cain is dedicated to Capt Abisoye who led a company from Enugu l Kabba in 1964.Th Igala motif appeard in the poem (Kadiri Ogaji) in the book, Lion Head and Ankpa on page 610f Tree of Trinitv, a collection of poems. koloke and Nupe also appeared in Kabba: A play on pages 108 and 140, while E nyin, Ajaokuta on pages 110 and Masaba on page 140. In amji several translations of Hausa Sung-Poems are to be found on pp 16- 17,by Salihu Iankid (Salslar Ahmadu Bello); pp 35 - 37 (Sir Ahmadou [ikan Shehu) 1
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    Developing communicative skills in French Language (Listening, speaking, reading, writing)
    (Printview communications Limited, Lagos State., 2003) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    The communication needs of today requires that we help our second language learners-students to build an original and stimulating second language acquisition skills that focuse on acquiring the listening skills from the very out-set. This book is targeted at Nigerian undergraduates. The use of Audio-visual cassettes, video sets will help to develop the receptive and expressive language skills of our students both at oral and written levels. In this communicative method we have endeavoured to make our students to be able to function linguistically in everyday-life situation communication, that is, effective communication in French is the principal goal of this manual. Accuracy in Grammar has been dealt with elsewhere. Accuracy in conference situation vocabulary has also been liquidated in another of our work. But our major goal is pronunciation.
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    Nigerian top TV Comedians and Soap Opera
    (Upper Standard Communications, 2003) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    The Nigerian nation is peopled by a very dynamic and sophisticated people. Prior to the coming of the white man, the people have devised a flourishing entertainment industry that is second to none in the world. The White man was entertained with a concert by the Alarinjo traveJingpopular Yoruba Theatre in the court of the Alafin of Oyo in the 18th Century, according to Prof. J. A. Adedeji. The Agere acrobatic spectacle, as well as the Igunuko and Epa Masquerades were part of the entertainment outfit in the theatre belt of Nigeria. To buttress this dynamism of Nigerians, the first Television station in Black Africa was established in Ibadan, the most populous indigenous Black and African peoples' city in the world, in 1959. As can be expected, the Western Nigerian Television (WNTV) naturally indigenized most of its programmes and hastely incorporated Yoruba Tele-plays among others. The choice theatre troupe that pioneered this cultural revolution was the Ogunde Concert Party. Thus, the WNTV opened the floodgate to Yoruba cultural patrimony. Consequently, the Baba Sala, the Duro Ladipo, the Kola Ogunmola etc., made a fair of Yoruba dramatic patrimony on WNTV.
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    Essays in World Theatre
    (Promocomms Limited, 2003) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    In a Nigeria in which diplomatic ties are now knitted by sponsoring dramatic troupes to perform abroad, it is only natural to expect that reciprocity as a rule in international relations should recommend to us, Nigerian scholars, not only to write on Nigerian dramatic patrimony abroad but also to write on the performance of world theatre in Nigeria. In the month of February and March 1990, the Bubble Theatre of London and West End Theatre performed Macbeth by Shakespeare and Plaza Suite by Neil Simons in Lagos, Abuja and in different parts of Nigeria. Chinese, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Soviet, French as well as American theatre groups have performed in Nigeria several times since 1962. We are also aware that Chief Ogunde had visited the Americas, Europe and had performed in many of their cities. Duro Ladipo and Kola Ogunmola had visited and performed in Algiers, Britain, France. Belgium, Austria, Holland and Brazil. European and American audiences already saw in their works similarities with Brechtian operatic works. Wale Ogunyemi's plays have also been performed in London and cw York. We are also aware of the fact that Albert Morgan's dance drama, titled Oshun Obaluaye, created by Cubans in Miami, Florida, in ovember 1983 reminds us of the cultural and linguistic affinities existing between igerians, Cubans and the Brazilian black Diaspora. To this may be added Zora Zeljan's play on Oxala (Orisa-nla) in which the Yoruba god, Sango, featured. Nigerian University wits, such as Bode Osanyin, Femi Osofisan, J.A. Adedeji, LP. Clark, Bode Sowande, and Wole Soyinka among others have also carried Nigeria's intellectual theatre to such countries as America, Japan, Senegal. West Germany, Switzerland and England.
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    Francophone heritage in Africa
    (Promocomms Limited, 2004) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    The aims and objectives of this seminal work is to help the predominantly I n dish-speaking Nigerian learners of French to understand the political history both colonial and pre-colonial of their French-speaking African brothers and to -e how French colonialism influenced their comportment, behaviour and choices. In doing so, we endeavour to make them aware of areas of differences md similarities between them and their ECOW AS, OAU French-speaking brothers. This work is essentially pre-colonial and colonial in scope. Very little IS touched in this work on the post independence era which we hope will be the subject matter of another work in the course of the century. The first chapter defined the neologism «La Francophonie» and did a projection of this commonwealth of French-speaking countries. The second chapter devoted to the colonial history of French West Africa starts with an introductory note in French titled Histoire de I 'Afrique Occidentale. Chapter three is devoted to the history and geography of Senegal. The geographical location, population, the climate, vegetation, drainage system, cities, agriculture and commerce, the regions, communication and transportation systems, export and import trade. Even some of African writers, poets, playwrights, novelists, are given visibility in fuller details in subsequent chapters. This we hope will afford Nigerian students and policy makers alike the opportunity to understand certain crucial features of francophone countries and their ties with France and how such ties influence their comportment, taste, scale of preference, decision making process and their attitude to new alliances.
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    Gamji
    (Upper Standard Publications, 2006) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    Gamji wasan kwaikwayo ne da Or. SJ. Timothy Asobele ya rubuta da Ingilishi aka kuma buga tun shekarar 1993. Wasa ne kamar yadda sunan ya nuna da aka yi a kan rayuwar marigayi Ahmadu Bello Sardaunan Sakkwato, Firimiyan Arewa, wanda ake yi wa lakabi da Gamji. Kodayake marubucin ya nuna cewa wannan wasan kwaikwayo kaga shi aka yi, ba tarihi ne aka rattaba ba, to amma sunayen wasu 'yan wasan da ya yi amfani da su, sun aye ne na hakika kuma ana iya fahimtar masu sunayen kai tsaye. Amma da yake a gabatarwarsa ya nuna cewa kada a danganta sunayen da suka fito a wasan da wasu mutane da aka sani, mu sai muka ga ab in da ya fi kyau ma shi ne a yi wa sunayen gyaran fuska domin a batar da bami .
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    Count down in yoruba literature for JSSCE students
    (Upper Standard Publications, 2007) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    These titles were written by French Professors to teach English in French language. I wondered aloud why teach English in French? Is it to save money that would have been spent in paying Professors from Oxford and Cambridge Universities salaries and to put paid to the English new found relevance as a world language over and above French language often tagged the language of diplomacy? After a deep meditation, I discovered that there is sense in the Pari. Academy's authority's decision. After all, all the cultural references that the beginners and scholars in English language will need will be easily assimilatable if taught with the mind of French. Linguistic ambiguities will be explained in clear French Lan U
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    Cultural quiz for Kogi State pupils
    (Upper Standard Publications, Lagos State, 2007) Timothy Asobele, S.J.
    Many Scholars and highly placed Nigerians believe that the social conflict and political instability in Nigeria are as a result of Nigeria's ethnic, cultural, f Itgious and multi-lingual pluralism. Some even believe that national integration for national development which should harness the diverse pluri-cultural goodies is Impossible because of ethnic pluralism. A group of Nigerian Scholars believe that conflicts that threaten Nigeria's march towards nationhood should be traced to the existence of separateness of our cultural groups. It is true that the study of complex composite societies is a difficult task. It is also true that conflict can come about from incompatible value systems. So can it come about from a common value system. It is our belief that what is happening in Nigerian is not Igbo culture competing with Nupe culture, Hausa culture and Yoruba culture with Tiv culture, Urhobo culture with Idoma culture, Edo culture with Ibibio culture, Jukun culture with Ibibio culture, Idoma culture with Egun culture, Igala culture with Ebira culture, Borgu culture with Fulani culture, Gambari culture with Esako culture. It is true that ethnicity as a group differences along known boundaries and citizens interaction across ethnic borderlines can lead to misunderstanding which too often leads to war. A cursory look at conflict points of the world will lead us to believe that most of them stemmed from ethnicity. The French in Canada are fighting an irredentist cultural battle against the English. The Irish are doing the same against the English. This observation is valid in Katanga, in Shaba province of Zaire, the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, ANC Vs Nkatha Zulu cultural groups, Liberia, Western Sahara, Angola, Somalia, Uganda, etc. We believe like the Late Sardauna of Sokoto, the Premier of Northern Nigeria that "we must not forget our differences but we should strive to understand our differences." Ethnicity or cultural difference in Sir Ahmadu Bello's thinking can provide a force for healthy competition for economic development, concord and peace and progress if we undertake to study these positive aspects of our differences.