John Iwuh

Redeemer's University · Department of Theatre and Film Studies

The ethical issues raised by merging facts and fiction in docufiction screenplays as a genre suitable for social impact storytelling still linger. Hence, for the intended message to be effectively passed, the genre, formatting and narrative technique have to be clearly established for the readership’s consumption. Therefore, this article will inves...

The rise and decline of cinema viewing habits of Nigerians in the early '70s, its eventual return in the early '90s to date. How the entry of Nigerian Nollywood became a game changer for the cinema business with lots of opportunities for all stakeholders but laments the high cost of setting up a modern cinema business despite its tourism potentials...

It is easy to dissociate the components of performance. However, is not so easy to sieve and extract the juice that constitutes the essence of performance and the agents of the cyclic elements of patronage, which can be called theatre experience. Theatre performance, like a mechanical device is also a product of value that can pack up due to compon...

This paper examines the neglect of some traditional methods of punishment that prevented crimes and sustained the ethics and moral codes of the Igbo people before the modern institutional legal process. The dying practices of ikwa ala, ipa mkpo, and iku ofo are three obvious methods that guarded against incest, crimes like stealing and other forms...

There are numerous forms of education in Africa societies with many deeply rooted in traditional vocations. A reassessment of the dramatic elements of some inspirational music in traditional farming practice reveals a continuous and emphatic value added technique in occupational farming. One of the least documented to date is nofiofio; employed as...

The Paper contradicts the much glorified Nigerian home movie industry, its achievements and the need to subject it to international assessment.

The desire to celebrate functions in covered elite spaces became a vogue in the early '90s while the ability to pay for such venues became a status symbol. Event venues sprang up in all areas of Lagos state, as they became major revenue earners. People with landed properties took to building event centres while old properties were converted to acco...

The paper takes a philosophical approach to highlight the influence of nature and natural forms in the creation of theatre scenery. In this regard, the art of imitation includes the importation of these items of nature which often become inevitable in the scenic designer's work to evolve a realistic outlook of required performance ambience