Osakue Stevenson Omoera

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Federal University Otuoke | FUOTUOKE · Theatre and Film Studies

PhD Media Arts and Communication
Indigenous language films in Nigeria, social impacts of the media in developing societies and African theatre studies.

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Introduction
Osakue Stevenson OMOERA, Ph.D, is at the leading edge of knowledge generation and dissemination, with specific reference to Nigerian (African) Studies. The foci of his research have been on three main planks: Nollywood studies, with emphasis on ethnic films; Media sociology, with emphasis on the social impacts of the media in developing areas of the world, including Nigeria; and Cultural dynamics, with emphasis on theatre and African performance studies. Omoera is credited to have pioneered scholarly inquiry into the Benin video-film segment of Nollywood studies. As well, he developed the "Active Volcano Paradigm" for the study of English as a language of mass communication, with reference to broadcast media news in Nigeria.
Additional affiliations
December 2019 - present
Federal University Otuoke
Position
  • Professor
December 2006 - February 2021
Ambrose Alli University
Position
  • Lecturer
Description
  • My aspiration is to be a leading Professor of Mass Media, Theatre and Communication Studies whose work vertically and horizontally contributes to scholarship and ultimately the improvement of the human condition and the uplift of society.
Education
September 2007 - March 2016
University of Ibadan
Field of study
  • Media Arts and Communication
February 2002 - August 2005
University of Benin
Field of study
  • Theatre Arts and Mass Communication
December 1992 - January 1998
University of Benin
Field of study
  • Theatre Arts

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Publications (159)
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This paper examines political coverage in the Nigerian broadcast media. In doing this, it adopts a historical-analytic methodology in discussing issues bordering on the corporate existence of the country as a democracy, especially at a time when party primaries, elections/re-run elections are expected to be conducted for the various elective positi...
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The cinema of Nigeria, often referred to as Nollywood, now the second largest film industry in the world has engendered much discourse (most of it negative) in the few decades of its existence. Hence, it has come a long way from 1995 when Nigerian filmmakers were mortified in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during the Federation Pan Africaine Des Cineast...
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This article inquires into the Benin speaking audience’s reception of Benin video-films in order to show their status as part of a micro-national film culture in Nollywood. It holds that, apart from films of English expression, Nollywood films have been made in Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, Nupe, Benin, among other indigenous languages. The article argues t...
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As technology developed, storytelling advanced from being told from mouth to mouth to a phase wherein the mise-en-scene or diegesis of stories could come alive through the magnetic audiovisual medium known as film. Animation, a unique technique of film, has gone beyond merely amusing its ever-increasing audience with its exciting non-human characte...
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This article explores how museum communication can be enhanced in museums in Durban, South Africa, using the Old Court House Museum (OCHM) in Durban, South Africa, as a point of departure for analysis and discussion. The aim is to close the gap between the humanities disciplines through disciplinary hybridisation while focusing on exploring the int...
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The resonance of debates and criticisms by media and feminist scholars about the huge disparity characterising the depiction of male and female gender in film narratives has necessitated the need to re-examine the representation of both genders in film narratives. Employing the mixed research modalities of content analysis, sampling, historicocriti...
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Introducing Media Studies is a gift both for individuals and for Departments and Faculties of Communication across the universities in Nigeria. Importantly it needs to be taken as a vade mecum for social skills in a way that honours mutuality in interactions and co-existence. This is because learning skills that aid life as against barriers that ob...
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This article explores the cultural documentation of Ekpoma's Ihuen through the lens of still media, specifically photographs. Grounded in media anthropology and the concept of indexicality, the study adopts historical analysis, photographic-content analysis, observational methods, and interviews. Its focus is on understanding the relationship betwe...
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The new media effectively plays the role of speedily conveying media content to various online communities, and this internet technology also allows for the storage and retrieval of content. The organizers of Big Brother Naija (BBN) appear to have leveraged this facility to interact with the audience of the reality show in the most profound manner...
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The new media effectively plays the role of speedily conveying media content to various online communities, and this internet technology also allows for the storage and retrieval of content. The organizers of Big Brother Naija (BBN) appear to have leveraged this facility to interact with the audience of the reality show in the most profound manner...
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This book signposts Benin (Edo) cinema as one of the vibrant new frontiers in the performing arts of Nigeria, underscoring this with critical empirical evidence. It is among the pioneering studies in media production in African indigenous popular culture. In a very concrete sense, Benin cinema is a contemporary visual encyclopedia of Benin culture...
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e making of the Nigerian theatre history is fraught with the canonical pedagoguery of diverse theatre iconoclasts within the frame of performance and literary theatre traditions. Whenever Nigerian theatre is referenced, as it is evident in many published book collections and essays, it is situated within the lenses and aesthetics of 20th centu...
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The making of the Nigerian theatre history is fraught with the canonical pedagoguery of diverse theatre iconoclasts within the frame of performance and literary theatre traditions. Whenever Nigerian theatre is referenced, as it is evident in many published book collections and essays, it is situated within the lenses and aesthetics of 20th century...
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The subject of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Nigeria emerged with various misrepresentations and conspiracy theories, such as the notion of COVID-19 as a forerunner of the Anti-Christ or the commencement of a 'New World Order' occasioned by the 5G network. The information dissemination on coronavirus in Nigeria was managed mainly by the Presidential Ta...
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The currency of Sunday Enessi Ododo’s (SEO’s) contributions to African theatre appears to challenge the African philosophical thought that ‘a tree does not make a forest.’ It seems SEO is one tree that has become a forest considering the quantum and depth of his contributions to theatre, cultural studies, media arts, performance aesthetics, theatre...
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The making of the Nigerian theatre history is fraught with the canonical pedagoguery of diverse theatre iconoclasts within the frame of performance and literary theatre traditions.
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This article explores the cardinal role of the media in salvaging the Nigerian identity through cultural promotion in Nigeria. Employing the historical-analytic and direct observation methods, we used Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (SLT) as a theoretical lodestar to apprehend the issue of cultural promotion through the media. It was posite...
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The Nigerian media space is flooded with fake news, which has become the bane of digital journalism in today’s world. This is occasioned by the emergence of online media platforms and news blogs in Nigeria that appears to have created a situation where everyone can lay claim to being a ‘digital journalist’ and spreads news stories that get circulat...
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Purpose The mass media have continued to be significant news sources for human society, particularly during conflict and war. The media dependency theory posits that during crisis or instability, society relies more on traditional and new media to help it understand the developments in the war. This article investigated the frequency of the coverag...
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Discussions through interactions between contending parties have been known to have minimised, if not completely resolved, many conflicts, and have nipped numerous others in the bud because people were able to express themselves for others to know their stands on issues. Likewise, new media technologies, ably hinged on the Internet, have further cr...
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Engaging in dialogues between opposing parties has been known to mitigate, if not entirely resolve, numerous conflicts and prevent others from escalating by allowing individuals to communicate their perspectives on various issues. Similarly, new media technologies, primarily powered by the Internet, have expanded opportunities for increased interac...
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Résumé. Il existe un lien entre le discours académique et le récit de vie personnelle (autobiographie). Bien que des impératifs tels que le besoin d'objectivité et de formalité du langage puissent rendre les études autobiographiques peu attrayantes, la lecture de l'autobiographie en tant que critique littéraire est possible et mérite une attenti...
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Besides edutaining its audience, the theatre is also an effective means for historical and heritage preservation. This, however, is partly dependent on the theatre director whose job involves manipulating the spatial medium and arts of the theatre to project a playwright's message. Although museums are primarily established to preserve cultural her...
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Food occupies a central position in development discourse. Part of the efforts to maximise the advantages of nature for food security is the innovation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This article examines GMOs in Nigeria's agricultural system in the context of food security through the media prism. Its objectives were to find out if GMOs...
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This article examines the mediatization of the aesthetic dynamics or dimensions in the masquerade performances of the Ndokwa people in Delta State, Nigeria. Masquerade performances and carnivals are spectacular indigenous theatrical activities or forms that involve the impersonation of fictive characters by costumed performers in Nigeria and across...
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Within the last decade alone different distribution platforms have emerged in the Nigerian movie industry. One of the most notable and potent among these is Netflix. Employing Disruptive Innovation Theory ( dit ) as notional scaffolding, this article uses key informant interviews ( kii ) and focus group discussions ( fgd ) to examine what Netflix’s...
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Socio-economic tastes of urban and rural reality television (Reality TV) viewers appear diverse and may account for divergent lifestyles, especially concerning media exposure. This article investigated comparatively the viewership levels of Reality TV shows by urban and rural dwellers in Rivers State, Nigeria, using Who Wants to be a Millionaire as...
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Devastating flash floods and uncontrollable soil erosion, largely fallout of the effects of climate change, have been taking their toll on Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Apart from disrupting the ecosystem, their overwhelming effects are felt in the agricultural sector as farmlands are washed away. The media are expected to enlig...
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Discussions through interactions between contending parties have been known to have minimised, if not completely resolved, many conflicts, and have nipped numerous others in the bud because people were able to express themselves for others to know their stands on issues. Likewise, new media technologies, ably hinged on the Internet, have further cr...
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Female offending has become one of the topical issues in the Nigerian mass media. It is not news that females are engaged in crimes even though they are often perceived as harmless, meek, weak and in need of protection. The way female offenders are portrayed in the mass media in Nigeria and elsewhere should be of concern to feminist criminologists,...
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Mass media professionals are increasingly involved in the education of electorates on election matters in the time leading to, the actual election and post-election periods in different media ecosystems. This article examines the outstanding role of the news reporter as a field journalist in Nigeria’s bid for democratic consolidation. Using histori...
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Global industries, multinational corporations, outrageous rise of global population, deforestation, the global oil and nuclear industries pose the ongoing challenge for sustainability of Earth’s resources. Exploitation remains the main problem, and maybe analyzed from Marxist, materialist and capitalist perspectives. Aerologists, deep ecologists, e...
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This article examines the challenges of lighting television productions in broadcast outfits. It selected two Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) community stations in Edo State, Nigeria as bases of analysis and discussion. While metropolitan broadcast outfits in the cities have received considerable attention in scholarship, the same cannot be sai...
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A nation relies on its educators to provide skills for upcoming learners and workers. To do this, they need to have good health security in their qualified position and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) should effectively support this. Researchers have carried out studies on NHIS in Nigeria but none have considered private school employee...
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Despite the global pandemic, theatre-makers and scholars have been active in the theatre turf by way of theatrical productions, research, conferencing, cyber meetings, among others. All these creative activities are aimed at improving the fortunes of theatre practice and scholarship in all their ramifications. They are also meant to expand the scop...
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The Nigerian film industry that is popularly called Nollywood, like Hollywood and Bollywood, has come into its own in terms of quality and quantity of film productions. It has a huge market potential occasioned by an enthusiastically teeming population, which is largely youthful. Unfortunately, the filmmaking tripod of art, science and business has...
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Interdisciplinary scholarship is very vibrant in Nigeria despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The outcome of this issue of the quint: an interdisciplinary quarterly from the north is solid evidence of the resilience and resourcefulness of Nigerian scholars during the global pandemic that wrought havoc everywhere in the world. All articles submitted for c...
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There has been constant resonance of feminine image misrepresentation in most narratives since the (re)invention of video-films in Nigeria, Ghana, and indeed across the African continent. In spite of the binary struggle between the (presumed) chauvinist filmmakers and their feminist counterparts, masculinity always (re)emerges in new forms or topoi...
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From the first quarter of 2020, coronavirus (Covid-19) dominated our lives and media platforms, and it is considered an unprecedented healthcare crisis. The socioeconomic , political and cultural impacts will last for a very long time. At present, the fight against Covid-19 is either being lost or won around the world. However, the virus may not di...
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There has been constant resonance of feminine image misrepresentation in most narratives since the reinvention of video-films in Nigeria, Ghana, and indeed across the African continent. In spite of the binary struggle between the (presumed) male chauvinist filmmakers and their feminist counterparts, masculinity often re-emerges in new forms or topo...
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A nation relies on its educators to provide skills for upcoming learners and workers, good health security, and a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) should effectively support this. No previous study on NHIS in Nigeria has considered private school workers who are a significant category of the health insurance system's beneficiary population....
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The idea of development overtime has been conceived from an elitist perspective wherein community members for who interventionist programmes are intended, are viewed as weak and without the capacity to respond to development messages competently or differently from the intention of the communicators. Consequently, the participation of such communit...
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Background: The media as the fourth estate of the realm are central in deepening democratic norms in Nigeria. Election coverage is one of the ways through which the media can achieve this. The 2015 and 2019 presidential elections were keenly contested and the electioneering campaigns generated tension in the country. Despite this, literature is sca...
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This chapter is a contribution retrieved from an earlier training workshop organised for staff of the National Film and Videos Censors Board. Human and public relations techniques are discussed in the context of the work of the National Film and Videos Censors Board (NFVCB). Using the System Approach to Management (SaM), the roles and responsibilit...
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This article examined the impact of participatory video (PV) technique in (re)educating rural dwellers on Corona virus (COVID-19) at Iva-Valley Forestry Hill Camp 1, Southeast Nigeria, with a view to generating data that could be tested or extrapolated elsewhere. It used historical-analytic, key informant interview (KII) and direct observation meth...
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The importance of promotion and preservation of cultural heritage in every society by media cannot be overstressed, especially in developing African countries such as Nigeria. Culture is learned, socially acquired traditions and lifestyles of society. The promotion of cultural heritages has been a herculean task to accomplish as western culture and...
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International public relations (IPR) is the establishment of a mutually beneficial relationship between a nation, organization or an individual with its foreign counterparts. IPR is an aspect of or a promotional tool used in integrated marketing communications (IMC), a multi-media strategy deployed in marketing or selling or rebranding a product, s...
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This article examines the issue of female disempowerment in the Benin area of Nigeria, using Adaze, a Benin language video-film as a pivot for analysis. Although entertainment and cultural productions such as music, film, dance, folk plays, etc., are essentially a reflection of the society which produces them, but when the customary situations or c...
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Employing the media representation theory, this article uses the historical-analytic, key informant interview (KII) and observation methods to interrogate the issue of politics of succession in Nigeria as portrayed in Saworoide (1999, dir. Tunde Kelani) and Ikoka (2004, dir. Peddie Okao). Apart from highlighting the kind of challenges which politic...
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Nollywood has not only grown in terms of the number and quality of films produced but also in the distribution, the theatrical releases, research output and film festivals organized around it across the world. From Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) in Ontario, Canada, to Zuma Film Festival (ZUFF) in Abuja, Nigeria; from African...
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This article dialectically considers how Benn video-films serve as archival sources of history in Nigeria. It uses historical, sociological and formalistic methods to interpret and interrogate some Benin video-films with a view to highlight how they serve as potent repositories of cultural history. Nigerian movies are increasingly being shot direct...
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The art of music-making is a mental/creative activity. However, spiritual influence cannot be ruled out in the process of constructing music. The mental activity is akin to the deployment of the intellect, while the spiritual influence could be as a result of a direct encounter or impartation by a spirit being through dream/ vision as typified by t...
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Current statistics indicate that about two in fifty cases of rape are reported in Nigeria, and the percentage of reported cases has continued to reduce over the years in spite of the observed consistent increase in the number of rape incidents. The burden of rape is more on women who do not have power balance with men to propagate or prosecute a ma...
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This chapter employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine genre preferences among the Benin video-film audience, using Benin City as a study site. Relevant data were gathered from 132 respondents, using a 15-item questionnaire which was randomly administered in Benin City. The results indicate that the sampled Benin video-film audie...
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Communication has been identified as the underlying factor for human development whether at the socio-scientific, socio-economic or socio-political levels. Globally, development communication has increasingly become a critical component in the pursuit of scientific, economic, agricultural, social and political advancement of human societies. It is...
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Communication has been identified as the underlying factor for human development whether at the socio-scientific, socioeconomic or socio-political levels. Globally, development communication has increasingly become a critical component in the pursuit of scientific, economic, agricultural, social and political advancement of human societies. It is w...
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The study examined the learning environment as a challenge to the provision of quality early childhood education in public primary schools in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study while a total of 117 teachers were sampled from a population of 468 in all the public p...
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This article examined the impact of social media on the writing abilities of Nigerian youths in English, which is the language of mass communication in Nigeria. Deploying cultivation theory of the media, this study used quantitative and qualitative methods to unpack the Nigerian youths' opinions on the impact of the use of social media on their wri...
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The phenomenal rise of Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen (LOI) as a filmmaker and director in Nollywood and indeed in Africa is worth probing and documenting for posterity of scholars and professionals, especially against the backdrop of his native Benin (Edo) language videofilm industry and tradition, which he has given his gestaltist support so effusively i...
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The narrativity of the Benin language video-film as a bustling aspect of Nollywood (Nigerian film industry and tradition) carries with it certain folkloric tropes that the Benin people attach importance to as part of their cultural heritage. Regardless of the genre, some Benin video-films employ anthropomorphism to communicate vital socio-cultural...
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Using Ekpoma in Nigeria as a case study, this article investigates the impact of Nollywood films on the lives of children, and the possible behavioural implications of emergent visual (mis)representations on the African society. It uses the perception/representation model of ‘NoSRA theory on Gaze Setting’ developed by Kayode Animasaun as a theoreti...
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Criatividade na Atuação: estratégias para a separação da identidade real do artista de sua construção na Nigéria Resumo Palavras-chave Keywords Abstract Este artigo centra-se na arte da atuação na Nigéria. Sua problemática é informada pelo comportamento de alguns intérpretes que tendem a viver sua "vida nos palcos/ nas te-las" em suas vidas cotidia...
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A conceituação da segurança nacional continua a ser um empreendimento taxativo, uma vez que diversos fatores ressaltam a sua capacidade em todos os níveis de percepção e, portanto, não pode ser restrita a uma única definição devido à sua natureza mutável de um Estado para outro. Assim sendo, a segurança nacional permanece dinâmica, fluida e multidi...
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Ododo, S.E. & Omoera, O.S. (2017) Theatre, Media and Cultural Re-Engineering in Nigeria: An Ovation of Excellence to Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma (BFA). Abuja: Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists/National Institute for Cultural Orientation (ISBN: 978-978-918-451-4).
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In onomastic studies, toponyms are defined as place-names or names given to geographical locations which include towns, streets, and tourist centres. It is pertinent to note that India and Nigeria were both British colonies. Thus, English is placed as the official language of business and politics in both countries. However, Indians were quick to u...
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With the declaration of a state of emergency rule in the northern states of Adamawa, Bornu and Yobe by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) in May, 2013, and the militarization of a number of democratic spaces, media’s response to security issues in the Nigerian context has become more challenging and direr. Indeed, the issue of national securit...
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Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has become a topical issue in both global health and media discourses. It has generated so much reaction, not just because it is a health challenge but because as a pandemic, it affects virtually all humans in one way or the other as no scientific cure has so far been found...
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The Nigerian film industry otherwise known as Nollywood has been acknowledged to be the second largest in the world in terms of volume of production. This fact presents an interesting vista worthy of interrogation especially in regards to the quality of the films produced. It is in respect of this premise that this article examines the plot of the...
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Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw in “The Agenda-Setting Function of the Media” (1972) claimed that the power of the media to set a nation’s agenda, to focus public attention on key public concerns, including gender issues, is highly significant. This implies that the media can influence what the public think about. However, the statement is, to a la...
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Reporting terrorism or extreme violence presents a myriad of challenges and dilemmas to media professionals, information managers and other state actors who are saddled with the responsibilities of objectively, responsibly and accurately purveying information to ensure effective development communication in society. By the same token, insurgent or...
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Although Onions Edionwe’s films, such as Echoes of a Kingdom, Arousa N’ohuan-ren, and Aisiokuoba, are notable documentaries, they represent an “insignificant” component of the total number of movies that have been made in the Benin or Edo language film section of the Nigerian film culture (Nollywood). A critical review of the Benin video culture in...
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O artigo que se inicia tem como objetivo examinar a atuação do Boko Haram (ou de seus subconjuntos/subgrupos). Pautado na análise de notícias capturaladas aleatoriamente dos meios de comunicação da Nigéria, busca-se oferecer sugestões sobre como os meios de comunicação e outros agentes de desenvolvimento podem ajudar a por um fim nos ataques desenv...
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The following article intends to examine the role Boko Haram has been playing over the years. Based on the analysis of the news randomly taken from the Nigerian media, it seeks to offer suggestions on how the media and other Nigerian development agents can contribute to an end of the attacks carried out by this group. Subsequently, it is expected t...
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Today hundreds of indigenous movies are produced yearly in Benin, Ebira, Fulfulde, Ijaw, among other ‘hinterland’ Nigerian languages, besides the so-called dominant Nollywood films of Igbo/English, Yoruba, and Hausa language expressions. Employing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, this paper inquires into the level of institutional s...
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This article undertakes a linguistic description of the spontaneous and ‘on-demand’ conversational language on social media platforms, using some Facebook accounts to explicate its pedagogical and aesthetic values from the premise that art is both instructive and entertaining. The spontaneous and on-demand conversational language of the Facebook is...
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Employing the historical-analytic methodology, this study focuses on the news agenda in the Nigerian media. It sues that there is the need for news reporting and coverage activities of Nigerian media professionals to be redefined in order for them to be able to effectively contribute to sustainable peace in Nigeria, which is a sine qua non for deve...

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I am working on a new project which seek to probe the intersections between film and human rights and how film as a major form of media production which influences a huge number of viewers can be used to answer human rights questions in Nigeria.

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