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    Theatre training in the Nigeria University system : a critical assessment of selected design and technology courses at Ibadan and Lagos
    (African Peformance Review, 2008-01-01) Oni, D.
    From the early 1960s, when the first institution for the training of theatre artistes and practitioners in Nigeria was established at the University of Ibadan, the Nigerian University system has witnessed the establishment of Departments of Theatre Arts, Performing Arts and Creative Arts, all concerned with the training of graduates in theatre arts. Prominent among these universities are the Departments of Theatre Arts at the Universities of Ibadan, Calabar, Nsukka, Maiduguri and Abuja, the Departments of Creative Arts at the Universities of Port Harcourt and Lagos and the Department of Performing Arts at the University of Ilorin. The paper examines the curriculums of the universities of Ibadan and Lagos in the areas of design and technology, with a view to assessing their adequacies. In essence, the paper attempts to relate the development of theatre practice in Nigeria to the training provided by the universities in the areas of design and technology.
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    Context and nature of contemporary Nigerian (Nollywood) film industry.
    (Africa through the Eye of the Camera, 2008-01-07) Oni, D.
    The presentation looks at the development and issues in the development of the Nigerian Video film industry tracking the major landmarks in what Haynes has described as the major contemporary Nigerian art form. The presentation also investigate the recent trends in the financing of Nollywood films and assesses the impact of the new funding on the making and distribution of Jeta Amata's Amazing Grace and Amstel Malta's Sitanda.
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    Music Performance: Path to Social Well-Being among Children Living in a Deplorable Environment - Makoko, Nigeria
    (World Alliance for Art Education, 2020-10-17) Nweke, F.E.
    Due to the significant gap that exists between the children of the elites and the children living in the slum, there are high tendencies of the slum dwellers developing low self-esteem. Using the Yuletide season as an example, the children of the rich tend to be engaged in Christmas carol with so much pomp and pageantry, while the slum dwellers probably would wish and fantasize to be like them. It is on this wise that, the researcher decided to give these slum dwellers some sense of self-worth by engaging them in music that, these children from the affluent home sometimes are engaged in. The focus of this study is to provide hope to children that are socially deprived, under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) goal 10: and reduce inequality by disproportionately affecting the poorest and most vulnerable. Makoko is a slum area in Yaba Local Government Development Area. Makoko is a poor community with inhabitants deprivedof basic necessities of life. This study examines in detail the many angles musical performance explored in a bid to help slum children become better versions of themselves.
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    Artibiotics: The Role of Two Art-forms in Strengthening Adherence to COVID-19 Health Measures in Lagos.
    (University of Lagos Press, 2021) Nweke, F.E.
    Despite the initial uproar in the conventional and social media which the COVID-19 pandemic elicited, attention was not paid to various coping mechanisms available for restoring sanity and calmness to those who had been psycho-emotionally affected directly or indirectlyby the COVID-19 lockdowns. Given their information-dissemination capacity, music and animated cartoons played a crucial role in propagating the message of prevention of the virus. Information on how music helped in creating awareness during the previous outbreak in Nigeria such as the Ebola virus was elicited from the respondents in this study. The study adopted the methods of discourse analysis and Focus Group Discussions. It was found that various art forms such as cartoons, films, literatures and music and so on. Music, as portrayed in this study, helped residents to be wary of the virus, through the messages from the jingles. This study found out that, the various measures meant to help reduced the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic were sung in the jingles. The Songs also raised the hopes of respondents by shifting their attention from disturbing news about the pandemic to music and visual images. The study recommends that, the arts (music, cartoons) should be introduced at all strata of the society as well as in the school curriculum as one of the tools useful for disaster preparedness/prevention.
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    Evaluation of Virtual Lessons During COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown: The Creative Arts Students' Experience
    (World Alliance for Art Education (WAAE) 2021, 2021-06-24) Nweke, F.E.
    The horrendous experience brought upon the world by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic did not only wreak havoc in the economic sectors and health sectors it also affects the educational sectors. Teaching and learning came to a halt at some points as students were made to sit at home. Some schools, after a while, started online virtual classes; different platforms were therefore used to achieve these purposes, such as Google classroom, Edmondo, telegram, YouTube, LMS, Microsoft team, zoom classroom, and so on. In Nigeria, few schools engaged their students in virtual classes at the university level. For instance, the use of the Learning Management System (LMS) introduced as a teaching platform for the undergraduates and the postgraduate students at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, during the COVID-19 pandemic that happened in almost all parts of the world, was a new experience for most students at the Department of Creative Arts. This study examined how the undergraduate students within the Department of Creative Arts, comprising students studying music, visual arts, and theatre arts, perceived, preferred, responded and utilized the LMS platforms to access their classes and the examination that took place months after receiving lectures. The majority, 53 percent of the respondents are female, 75 percent of the respondents in Theatre Arts are female while 61 percent and 69 percent of respondents in Visual Arts and Music are males respectively. Those in age’s 21-25years account for nearly half, 49 percent with more in Theatre Arts. There are more students in the Music department who are older than 30 years compared to Visual and Theatre Arts. It is evident from the study that nearly 9 in 10 (86 percent) of the students are running a full-time programme with more in the Theatre Arts and least in Music. Nearly 14 percent of the students are running ICE programme where Music department leads. The 400 level students which account for 35 percent tops over other levels while it follows by 200 and 300 levels which account for 24 percent and 23 percent respectively. The proportion of the final year students that participated in the study is nearly 1 in 10 of the entire respondents among these, the level account for 1 in 4 (25 percent) in the Music department. Few of the respondents were not technologically savvy despite the school's initial training. However, some of the respondents in this study expressed their disappointment at the low and sometimes internet interruption and disruptions that hindered them from benefiting immensely from the virtual class. By infrastructural deficiency, I mean the low-level penetration of communication/internet, network in Nigeria. This raised a lot of negative emotions while approaching their examinations. When the tests finally started, some students expressed some level of joy as the multiple-choice questions made them start and finish their examination questions right on time. This study concluded that infrastructural deficiencies in third world countries like Nigeria are crucial challenges in the maintenance of teaching, learning and research networks. Hence, the study recommends introducing information and computer technology class included at all level of the education system in Nigeria. Students should also get financial supports from government and stakeholders to enable them have internet enabled devices at a time like this.
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    Nourishing the Malnourished Musical Child in An Unequal Society: The Case- Study Of Two Schools In Lagos, Nigeria.
    (ARUA-CHSD Unilag, 2021-10) Nweke, F.E.
    The development of creativity depends on its nurture and on internal and external factors that influence the process. It is sometimes apparent that some children who possess some level of musical giftedness are fortunate to receive appropriate musical training to harness and showcase their musical prowess to the world. Unfortunately, some are at a disadvantage. This is perhaps partly due to the inability to get the right training, simply because the individual is indigent. This explains the injunction from the Holy book that "the poor you will always have amongst you." The researcher recommends drastic measures to ensure equal musical opportunities are given to these disadvantaged ones living in the same environment with unequal living standards. The study uses a comparative analysis using the interview methods. The study compares two schools, the children living in the slum and the children living on the mainland in Lagos, Nigeria. The study examines the level of musical training received, the adequacy of those training, and personnel's level of musical training engaged in teaching the children. It examines if there are musical prodigies in these two schools of thought. How can the government ensure a gap is bridged between the educationally/musically disadvantaged child living in the slum and the privileged child living in affluence? The study proffers the solution; this implies that inequality does not help a nation give fair judgment and treatment to its citizens; the government must ensure adequate measures are implemented to bridge these gaps.
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    FIGHTING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE MUSIC OF HOPE
    (University of Georgia, Athens-US (In View), 2021-11-09) Nweke, F.E.
    Retrospectively, a look at the past ere the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, the present and the view about the life post-pandemic in the face of the horrendous state of insecurity pervading Nigeria can be fundamental for the quality of life and security among the female gender living in the multi-tenanted apartments. Although, the previous study I co-investigated did not mention specifically how the female gender responded to music during the pandemic period. This present study aims to reveal life post pandemics in the face of scarcity and insecurity threatening the lives of Nigerians, especially women. The question is, music that sensitized these women during the COVID-19 pandemic, can the tool of music resurrect a sense of hope in the lives of the women living in the multi-tenanted apartment? How far has the tool of music been used as an elixir to restore hope and raise the psyche of the female folks residing in the multi-tenanted apartment? And how often do these women listen to music daily, and does music mean anything to these women living in the multi-tenanted apartment whose daily preoccupations are getting the daily bread for their children? This present study documents the musical genres that depict hope to the women living in the slum, mentions and provides a content analysis of the specific music carrying the message of hope. This study implies that when music is meaningfully engaged during disease outbreaks by any society, the researcher proposes that the possibility of the citizens contracting such disease will be minimized to the barest minimum. All hands must therefore be on deck to enrich the cultural sector by all the stakeholders.
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    Fighting COVID-19: The Music of Hope
    (University of Georgia, Athens-US, 2021-11-09) Nweke, F.E.
    Retrospectively, a look at the past ere the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, the present and the view about the life post-pandemic in the face of the horrendous state of insecurity pervading Nigeria can be fundamental for the quality of life and security among the female gender living in the multi-tenanted apartments. Although, the previous study I co-investigated did not mention specifically how the female gender responded to music during the pandemic period. This present study aims to reveal life post pandemics in the face of scarcity and insecurity threatening the lives of Nigerians, especially women. The question is, music that sensitized these women during the COVID-19 pandemic, can the tool of music resurrect a sense of hope in the lives of the women living in the multi-tenanted apartment? How far has the tool of music been used as an elixir to restore hope and raise the psyche of the female folks residing in the multi-tenanted apartment? And how often do these women listen to music daily, and does music mean anything to these women living in the multi-tenanted apartment whose daily preoccupations are getting the daily bread for their children? This present study documents the musical genres that depict hope to the women living in the slum, mentions and provides a content analysis of the specific music carrying the message of hope. This study implies that when music is meaningfully engaged during disease outbreaks by any society, the researcher proposes that the possibility of the citizens contracting such disease will be minimized to the barest minimum. All hands must therefore be on deck to enrich the cultural sector by all the stakeholders.