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The Nigerian music industry has continued to produce artists who have mounted the entertainment w... more The Nigerian music industry has continued to produce artists who have mounted the entertainment world and thrilled millions of its audience with fantastic and good music. With young talents emerging day-by-day, the industry is sure of a continued expansion. However, the music and lyrics of most of these artists have only found audience from those entertained by it. This paper therefore brings to focus the need to critique and intellectualise some of the lyrics of these artists and how they function towards addressing the contemporary problems of the Nigerian society. By concentrating on Innocent Idibia (also known as Tuface Idibia or 2baba as the case may be) who represents one of the leading voices in modern day Nigerian ‘Afro-hip-pop’ music, the paper interpreted and analysed some of his lyrics and how they provide a creative consciousness to most of the issues bedevilling the Nigerian society. By using qualitative research method, the paper appreciates the philosophical construct and thought process of Innocent Idibia and how his lyrics aim at reawakening the general consciousness of Nigerians to the reality of their problems while at the same time providing the needed ‘healing’ for a better Nigeria. The paper reaffirms music as a healing device and recommends emerging Nigerian musical artists to create lyrics that would have a positive impact capable of ‘healing’ the wounds created as a result of bad governance in the Nigerian state.
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The concept of 'dibia' is rooted in Igbo tradition and culture and simply translates to m... more The concept of 'dibia' is rooted in Igbo tradition and culture and simply translates to mean-traditional healer. On a functional basis, a dibia connotes one who has a deep knowledge and skills of holding a land and its people for peace and growth. As di, a healer is ascribed with the power and authority of a master to welcome and direct the things of the land through rites of kinship cohesion, fecundity and progress. The suffix bia from di means ability to welcome and direct events, life courses and order of a society. This paper is therefore centred on analysing the lyrics of one of Nigeria's music legend, Innocent Idibia (popularly known as 2face Idibia or 2baba as the case may be) and how the content and interpretations of his lyrics provide a creative consciousness to most of the issues bedevilling the Nigerian society. Using content analysis as a methodological choice, the paper appreciates the philosophical construct and thought process of Innocent Idibia and how h...
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The Journal of Pan-African Studies, 2016
Introduction Death and the King's Horseman (1975) by Wole Soyinka is a tragedy built on the Y... more Introduction Death and the King's Horseman (1975) by Wole Soyinka is a tragedy built on the Yoruba worldview. It expresses the cosmology of the Yoruba people, which centres on the world of the living, the world of the dead and the world of the unborn. The play focuses on the relationship of these worlds through transition, the pathway on how members of different worlds meet and interact. The focus of this paper is on my analysis of the act of suicide and how the forces of tradition and modernity link the ritual suicide of Elesin as represented in the play. The representation of suicide in Death and the King's Horseman in a socio-cultural context is studied in tandem with its reception and understanding among members of the traditional Yoruba culture of southwest Nigeria. The Yoruba epistemology to suicide is also investigated alongside the perceptive notion of Western legal jurisprudence. The cultural, social, political as well as historical undertones implicit in the unders...
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Prelude 1: Richard Cory Whenever Richard Cory went down town We people on the pavement looked at ... more Prelude 1: Richard Cory Whenever Richard Cory went down town We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim And he was quietly arrayed, And he was always human When he talked; But still he fluttered pulses, when he said, "Good-morning" and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich-yes, richer than a king-And admirably schooled in every race: In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish we were in his place So, on we worked, and waited for the light And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head (Robinson, 1953) Prelude 2: Personal Observations The year 1999 was my first encounter with Edwin Arlington's poem; Richard Cory. As a high school student, I read the first lines of the poem with admiration and felt a momentary feeling of literary envy for the great man that Richard Cory was. I almost felt bei...
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IntroductionOgunyemi's The Vow, a play written in 1985 inspired the production of a film whic... more IntroductionOgunyemi's The Vow, a play written in 1985 inspired the production of a film which won the African Arts special award at the University of California, Los Angeles. It depicts the historical conditions that impacted upon the Yoruba people of south-west Nigeria. The play is a narrative of the pre and post-colonial discourses that became dominant themes of most Nigerian writers at the time. Just like Rotimi's Kurunmi (1971) and Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman (1975), Ogunyemi's The Vow also delves into the picture of representing either a clash of culture or an interference from the western culture into traditional African civilization. Moreover, despite the recommendations made by many writers/playwrights to critics against an interpretation of their works as a clash of cultures, the evidence and literary commentary on this subject remain prevalent, which cannot be ignored.Hence, Ogunyemi made a cautionary remark in the introductory note to his ...
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South African Theatre Journal
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This paper uses textual analysis as its methodology by focusing on a critical analysis of Wole S̩... more This paper uses textual analysis as its methodology by focusing on a critical analysis of Wole S̩ óyinká's Death and the King's Horseman to investigate how the forces of tradition and modernity influences the interception of the ritual suicide of Elesin, the protagonist character. The paper posit that the failure of Elesin to commit ritual suicide as demanded of him by the community is as a result of the strongly opposed Western epistemology of suicide juxtaposing African tradition, particularly in traditional Yorùbá society. The paper concludes that despite the caution in the prefatory note of the play against an interpretation of it as a possible clash of culture, it is evident that the clash of the cultures is fundamental to the complexes of the play.
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There are always personal and collective criticism towards whatever that happens in society and t... more There are always personal and collective criticism towards whatever that happens in society and this helps for the advancement of the society. In the Nollywood industry, there are a lot of perceptions and criticism that people have towards their films. These perceptions are both positive and negative. This paper therefore examines the different mindset towards the Nollywood industry. What are the issues that need to be addressed? Is the industry only concerned with the monetary gains, how relevant are their themes towards the needs of the society? The paper discusses on the Individual mindset and group mindset, it also looks at the positive and negative mindset on Nollywood and how it affects its development. The paper concludes that the Nollywood industry should not only be concerned with the economic prospect but should strive towards packaging good movies that will affect the lives of its viewers.
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" [The] men of Umuofia pursued their way, armed with sheathed machetes, and Ikemefuna, carrying a... more " [The] men of Umuofia pursued their way, armed with sheathed machetes, and Ikemefuna, carrying a pot of palm-wine on his head, walked in their midst. Although he had felt uneasy at first, he was not afraid now. Okonkwo was not his real father […].
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Reynolds Price said that “a need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo-sapien... more Reynolds Price said that “a need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo-sapiens… second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love and shelter. Millions survive without love or home, almost none in silence; the opposite of silence leads quickly to narrative, and the sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives, from the small accounts of our day’s events to the vast incommunicable constructs of psychopaths”. No human being in the world has ever lived a day without telling stories or been told stories. The necessity of storytelling transcends time and place; it delves into the innate nature of man. Storytelling has been typically associated with traditional societies. However, every genre in the literary pudding makes use of storytelling for example the musicians, the novelists, the dramatists, the poets’ e.t.c. storytelling does not only limit itself in the humanities, it is everywhere. The storyteller is usually the agent of storytelling and must be endowed with the skill of expressiveness which enables him put forth an incident to an inquisitive listener. This paper will therefore concern itself essentially on how the storytelling approach can be used as an effective medium in the teaching and learning of pupils in both the lower and higher educational levels. Since people understand easier through stories, storytelling could be prescribed as a theatrical recipe in all institutions of learning and teachers will be taught the skill. The research concludes that the problem of teaching and learning is due to the use of abstract techniques which are sometimes alien to the students posing a threat of understanding. Also, theatre been a performing art, is the most viable place where such skills can be acquired – I mean the storytelling skills.
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There is one theme that is common to all literary works; the African has always existed. He has h... more There is one theme that is common to all literary works; the African has always existed. He has his own civilizations, multiple and multiform. But these civilizations have been assaulted by western vandalism, from which they can recover only if the African decides to return to his sources and origin. This return is essentially, the starting point of the great literary movement of Negritude, a very simple and natural, but which has experienced diverse interpretations by western critics, who have accused it of feeding itself on myths. Because the black African existed, one had to do nothing more than defend him. That is, one has to take him as he was, impoverished, humiliated, oppressed, and hurl him in the face of the western world, which was ignoring. This was the principal goal of primitive negritude. However, the era of modern negritude poses a question such as, did the black man need only a beautiful past in order to have a beautiful future? Ironically though, writers all understand this problem. While defending the traditional African in his " eternally beautiful " past, they also created a new African, compelled to deal with modern life as a way to survive. In other to withstand the shock of civilization that the African did not create, while remaining an authentic African, the African had to remain a new breed recreated by the art of the black writer. This paper in looking at these issues explores into what exist as two separate world views for the African who battles desperately in defining his actual identity. This dilemma of a true African identity is what exists as a problem to the entire development of the black race.
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The controversy that has always existed is whether or not music is the first art form known to ma... more The controversy that has always existed is whether or not music is the first art form known to man. However, what has not existed as a controversy is the place that music occupies in the life of man both in its functionality and its efficacy. Music has enjoyed divergent conceptions; it represents the identity symbol of each continent, each generation and each individual. Music can be put simply as the art of combining vocal or instrumental sounds in a harmonious or expressive way. This paper therefore examines Nigerian music, its developments and the various forms which it has taken. It interrogates into the current state of Nigerian music especially in the 21 st century. The questions confronted in this paper are; is Nigerian music noise or sound? What is the extent of the 'noise-ness or sound-ness' of Nigerian music? Etc. The paper also looks at some Nigerian Musical artistes especially on how meaningful or not their music is. The paper ascertains that most music produced in contemporary Nigeria are laden with a lot of noise such that one can least comprehend the form and content. Ironically, these kinds of music are what today's generation enjoys dancing to not minding what it contains. The paper in its discussions recommends that Nigerian musical artiste should improve on their kind of music and address the social, political, religious and economic realities of man and also attempt at touching the inner soul of man. This attempt will develop a sound societal mind and change the mentality of people since music is the nearest art form most people retire and relax to daily.
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There are always personal and collective criticism towards whatever that happens in society and t... more There are always personal and collective criticism towards whatever that happens in society and this helps for the advancement of the society. In the Nollywood industry, there are a lot of perceptions and criticism that people have towards their films. These perceptions are both positive and negative. This paper therefore examines the different mindset towards the Nollywood industry. What are the issues that need to be addressed? Is the industry only concerned with the monetary gains, how relevant are their themes towards the needs of the society? The paper discusses on the Individual mindset and group mindset, it also looks at the positive and negative mindset on Nollywood and how it affects its development. The paper concludes that the Nollywood industry should not only be concerned with the economic prospect but should strive towards packaging good movies that will affect the lives of its viewers.
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Minuteman Press, Pinetown, South Africa, 2017
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Governance, democracy and democratization as well as its practices anywhere in the world revolves... more Governance, democracy and democratization as well as its practices anywhere in the world revolves and should be subject on the aspirations and needs of the people which such government is required to serve. However, the misfortune of democratic practices and projects especially in Benue state of central Nigeria since its creation in 1976 has entirely been bereft of meaningful ideas, lack of structural and economic progress, unpredictability and the overall estrangement of the people's rights as well as privileges as enshrined in the constitution. Apart from the early leadership of the state (with such leaders as Aper Aku, Tarka, Rev. Fr Moses Adasu) which saw elements of good governance and democracy, Benue has continued to face the challenge of having credible leaders that would restructure and bring back good governance and democracy to the people. This paper therefore looks at the concepts of good governance and democracy and the politicization of it by previous and emerging Benue leaders. The paper interrogates many of the past projects embarked upon by the 'so-called-leaders' and how such projects in their abandoned state were designed for personal aggrandizement. The paper advances that, if Benue leaders continue to politicize the type of governance they offer to the people against all democratic tenets then Benue would be on the verge of becoming a failed state. The paper concludes that meaningful development and democratic growth can only take place in Benue if the people and the leaders begin to be true to themselves and embark on projects that would be of benefit for every citizen. Corruption, greed, sentiments and selfishness must be untied for good governance and democratic principles to thrive in Benue state.
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The security and safety problems of migrants and or foreign nationals (hereafter referred to as f... more The security and safety problems of migrants and or foreign nationals (hereafter referred to as foreign nationals) in South Africa in the twenty-first century can be traced back to the 2008 xenophobic violence that made global headlines. It was a time of extreme fear and uncertainty for foreign nationals especially those living in informal settlements and less resourced neighborhoods. The extreme nature of the xenophobic violence and concomitant consequences spurred a small cohort of scholars to undertake some xenophobic related research. However, their research does not focus on inter-ethnic violence between foreign nationals. Thus, the current study aims to contribute to the existing body of research through exploring inter-ethnic nuances among Nigerian foreign nationals living in Durban and how it provides a catalyst for violent confrontations, subsequently undermining their rights to a safe and secure climate. The study adopted Semi-Structured Interviews (SI) to generate data from 10 participants. The generated data demonstrates that nuances between Nigerians along the lines of ethnicity instigates various forms of violence. This violence manifests in the form of physical torture involving the use of machetes and knives to stab or hack victims; physical beating with objects like stones and iron strings; and death through shooting or dismemberment. Data also showed that, Nigerian foreign nationals involved in altercations often take advantage of the economic vulnerability of South African street urchins commonly referred to as "izigebengu" or "Paras" who accept small amounts of money to carry out most of the violent confrontations. The data also showed that, the lack of response and the discriminatory attitudes posed by law enforcement officers in attending to the internal safety and security of Nigerian foreign nationals' act against international humanitarian best practices and lends credence to other prevailing odds such as underreported violent experiences. The study recommends a large-scale quantitative study to understand safety needs of foreign nationals in general and Nigerians in particular.
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