Tradition, Innovation and Change in Contemporary Nigerian Theatre

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorOni, D.
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-12T15:46:47Z
dc.date.available2022-01-12T15:46:47Z
dc.date.issued2012-07
dc.descriptionScholarly articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractContemporary Nigerian Drama and Theatre has undergone various changes in recent times from its traditional mode of the Alarinjo Theatre (Adedeji, 1969) to Western style performances which started in the late 19th Century with the concerts, cantatas and native air operas (Echeruo, 1977). From these early beginnings, the theatre developed with the emergence of Hubert Ogunde on the theatre scene in 1945 (Clark, 1980). From that period until the early 1990’s the theatre survived with performances mainly among the major ethnic groups, particularly the Yoruba Travelling Theatres (Jeyifo, 1984). Other organizations and establishments including universities in Nigeria, cultural centres of Art Councils and private production organizations followed in the involvement in theatrical productions (Oni, 1985, 2002). The paper notes that theatrical performances and the theatre started to merge with the production of celluloid films when Wole Soyinka produced Kongi’s Harvest in 1970. This was followed with the works of such theatre producers as Ade Afolayan and Moses Olaiya and others. It was however the foray of Hubert Ogunde, regarded as the father of modern Nigerian Theatre, that the film medium started to have a truly new dimension. This paper investigates the transition from the traditional/modern live theatre to film/video formats in the Nigerian theatre scene (Haynes, 1997) culminating in the UNESCO ranking of the Nigerian film industry as the second largest in the world. The paper examines the various trends that have occasioned these changes and the innovations that it has brought to the Nigerian theatrical scene.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipTETFUNDen_US
dc.identifier.citationOni, D. (2012). Tradition, Innovation and Change in Contemporary Nigerian Theatre. In Unpublished Paper delivered at ANZCA Conference (pp. 4-6).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10189
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherANZCA Conference 2012, Adelaide, South Australiaen_US
dc.subjectTraditionen_US
dc.subjectChangeen_US
dc.subjectInnovationen_US
dc.subjectTheatre and Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGIONen_US
dc.titleTradition, Innovation and Change in Contemporary Nigerian Theatreen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ANZCA 2012 Duro Oni Published Paper.pdf
Size:
158.55 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Main Article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Creative Arts-Scholarly Publications