ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DRAMA IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN VIDEO-FILM

ADUKU, Armstrong Idachaba (2018) ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN DRAMA IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN VIDEO-FILM. The Performer. Ilorin Journal of the Performing Arts, 9. ISSN 1595-0972

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Abstract

This paper examines elements of traditional drama in Nigerian video-film. The home video has emerged as a very powerful and popular medium of communication in Nigeria. But in spite of this huge popularity, not many analysts understand the historical complexities that have shaped its current form and structure. Traditional African drama not only provided the content for the emergence of Nigerian film, t also provided the personnel that fertilized the Nigerian film at its inception. Some elements of traditional African drama which have been adapted to literature and film include, songs and dances, mask and masquerades, proverbs, idioms and other aspects of language, history and myth, festivals and several others that we shall discuss here.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: GOUNI ICT
Date Deposited: 22 May 2018 12:37
Last Modified: 22 May 2018 12:37
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/131

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