Adaptation and the Individual Talent: An Intertextual Reading of Who’s Afraid of Solarin?

A substantial amount of African dramatic works are adapted diversely fromthose of older Classical, Elizabethan, Modern and even African playwrights.This reveals that the writers admit to being influenced by those playwrightsyet elements of their own creative imagination are noticeable in the plays.These creative tendencies in the plays refute the claim that adaptation is akinto imitation. Using one of Osofisan’s adapted plays as the bedrock for itsposition it is the contention of this essay therefore that the art of adaptingplays is not tantamount to the practice of slavish imitation.. Through a vividexposition of the different materials that go into the making of Who’s Afraidof Solarin?, the paper hypothesizes that adaptation and creative artistry canproduce classics at the end

Corporate social responsibility in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria: the case for a legalised framework

This chapter focuses on the extant corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. The oil and gas industry has been beset by a lot of problems not limited to violence, kidnappings, eco-terrorism, and maladministration amongst others. One of the strategies of curing or mitigating these inherent problems in the oil and gas sector is the use of CSR initiatives by many oil multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in Nigeria. Notwithstanding that the majority of CSR initiatives in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria are voluntary, this chapter avers that CSR initiatives should be made mandatory by the Nigerian government. Furthermore, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) should play an integral role in the implementation of any legalised framework on CSR that will be developed in the country. This chapter suggests that a CSR law should be developed specifically for the oil and gas industry to mitigate the negative externalities arising from the activities of oil MNCs in the Niger Delta region of the countryN/