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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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    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.
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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.