2024

The Nigerian theatre scene is experiencing a significant transformation through the integration of digital technologies. This paper critically examines the implications, persistent obstacles, and potential pathways for this digital shift within Nigerian theatrical productions.

This study explored how Nollywood’s value-oriented narratives are reconfigured and interpreted in the age of digital streaming. Focusing on a purposive sample of eight films released between 2020 and 2024 on platforms such as Netflix and iROKOtv, the research examined how moral storytelling was shaped by platform mediation and how it was received by audiences within Nigeria and across the diaspora.

This study interrogates the maxim that “it is easier to play the devil than to play god.” It particularly examines the dramaturgical challenges inherent in portraying morally-ideal or divine figures (colloquially termed “playing god”) in Nigerian theatre. The research focuses on selected Nigerian plays, which were purposively chosen and qualitatively reviewed.

Yoruba songs serve as vital cultural tools for identity, communication, instruction, and spirituality. This paper explores the functional significance of Yoruba songs within the initiation rites of Theatre Arts students at the Federal College of Education (FCE), Abeokuta, with specific attention to the 2023 ceremony. The study adopts a qualitative ethnographic approach which involves participant observation and contextual review of songs used at the initiation ceremony.

This study investigates the degradation of traditional Nigerian musical instruments as a result of environmental factors and fungal infestations, especially by species like aspergillusniger, penicillium chrysogenum, fusarium oxysporum, and cladosporium cladosporioides.

Choirmasters are important musical personnel in the Anglican Church of Nigeria. They are generally tasked with a wide range of responsibilities before, during, and after church services. This study examines the role of choirmasters and the broader dynamics of liturgical music leadership within the Anglican Diocese of Benin. The paper is based on personal observation from many years of service as choirmaster of Anglican Diocese of Benin, and data from interviews.

Palm wine tapping and drinking, and the songs that accompany these practices are deeply embedded in Annang society. The popular Annang palm wine folk melody Atuak UkỌd Mben Inyang was purposively selected, transcribed and explored for this study in contemporary choral arrangement based on variation as compositional technique. The song-text was examined as a subject of cultural metaphor, using qualitative descriptive approach.

Food insecurity in West and Central Africa remains both a humanitarian and socio-political issue. This study explores how music functions as a socio-cultural response to the persistent issue of food insecurity in West and Central Africa. It investigates how musical expressions reflect experiences of hunger, foster communal resilience, and amplify advocacy efforts. Situated within ethnomusicology and cultural studies, the research addresses a critical gap in understanding how indigenous musical narratives engage with socio-political realities of scarcity.