Facilitating Communication by Promoting Bilingualism Among Products of Intermarriages in Nigeria

In a survey to determine how many students on the NationalDiploma programme of the Federal College of Animal Health andProduction Technology who had parents from different languagespeakingbackgrounds, had acquired those languages and learnedEnglish in addition; and how many others acquired pidgin Englishinstead, for communication, interesting discoveries were made.Out of the 113 students that registered for Pre-National Diploma(Pre-ND), 87 had parents whose first languages were different.29 out of this number could not communicate in any of thelanguages of their parents. 101 out of the 135 students thatregistered for the National Diploma One (NDI) programme hadparents who originated from different language speakingbackgrounds but could hardly speak the languages of theirparents for lack of exposure to the codes

Body Adornment Practises in Nigerian Culture a Multi-Ethnic Investigation

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Evaluating unfavorable attitudes to pragmatic use of language in multilingual contexts in the learning of Science and Technology

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Beyond eurocentrism: Classifications, theories and the construction of identity in African dress, body designs, costumes and make-up

This work critically examines the practice of indigenous dressing, stage costuming, body designing and make-up, as utilised in African daily life and African performances; in a bid to theorise African adornment practices and articulate a position of enquiry, which will be employed in explaining techniques and methods; describing trends and styles, and explaining design practices and preferences within the African fashion and performance space. Many scholars and practitioners have made significant claims about traditional African dress culture, make-up, body designs and the costumes used in myriad performances spread across the continental landscape, but these claims have mostly been based on Eurocentric categorisations of non-Eurocentric cultural attires as "costumes". Using the analytical, descriptive and interpretative approach of the qualitative research methodology; the study attempts to theorise African dress culture, body designs, costumes and make-up practices, especially as utilised in everyday life, on special occasions, on stage, in films, carnivals, street  performances and traditional communal performances. The study exposes the limitations of Eurocentric categorisations, and explores some terrains of indigenous artistic distinctions defined by certain established dress codes, adornment cultures and ethnic orientations. In the course of this engagement, strong claims, assertions, and conceptions capable of generating critical stand -points that may amongst others, define the process and classify the practice, trends and identity of African dress culture, make-up and body designs; are initiated

Rethinking migration narratives in Nollywood narrative fiction films

The narratives of migration contained in many Nollywood migration themed narrative fiction films tend to romanticize the idea of irregular migration and which potentially has a corresponding effect on the psychology of the viewing public. Using the case study approach of the qualitative research method, the researchers critically examined the representations of migration in two Nollywood narrative fiction  movies: Ozoemena Ozubulu (2017) and The Billionaires (2018). Building on the Cultivation Theory of the Media by Goerge Gerbner, Larry Gross, Michael Morgan and Nanoy Signorielli, and the Agenda Setting Theory of McCombs and Shaw, the researcher argued that using Nollywood narrative fiction films to set the right public agenda on migration will help in cultivating the right notions of migration among its audience and which can have a significant effect in the reduction of irregular migration activities in Nigeria. The researcher  recommended workshops between Nollywood stakeholders and government agencies like the National Agency for Prohibition of  Trafficking in Persons and Other Related Offences (NAPTIP), the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Ministry of External Affairs  with the view to creating the right public agenda for Migration in Nigeria

Music as an aid to story telling in Nollywood: Interrogating hybridization in selected films

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Gender domination and domestic violence in Nigerian video films: a paradigmatic appraisal

This paper examines the symmetry between domestic violence and gender domination by x-raying some of the issues and challenges that generate domestic violence. Using two video Films produced in the Nigerian Film Industry as case studies, the work argues that gender based violence is not limited to the female gender because, beyond physical demonstration of violence against women, men face psychological violence in the pursuance of their patriarchal ideologies. The study employed the interpretative approach to content analysis within the qualitative research methodology in undertaking a critical analysis of the films. Video Compact Discs (VCDs) and Digital Video Discs (DVDs) and related literatures in film, and feminist theory as well as postulations on domestic violence and Gender domination are used for data analysis. The findings reveal that domestic violence is not limited to the feminine gender. Beyond physical demonstration of violence against women, men also face psychological violence in varied degrees. The investigation reveals that gender domination generates violence among men and women because groups with the intent to dominate and suppress one another in a relationship cause marital crises. A strive towards mutual co-existence is therefore advocated

Portrayal of widowhood practices and female genital cutting in Nigerian video films: A critical reading of select films

Widowhood Practices and Female Genital Cutting (FGC) are issues that have attracted the attention of scholars and even casual observers from around the globe in recent years. Although such practices are gradually being modified, abandoned and outlawed as the case may be, they are still being practiced in some communities with grave consequences for the victims. This study critically examines the portrayal of these practices in Nigerian films using Emem Isong’s Uyai, Kalu Anya’s Make me a Widow and Emeka Nwabueze’s the Grave  Consequences to expose the associated ills of such practices. Data sourcing and analysis employed the content analysis approach of the qualitative methodology. The Findings of the study show that these practices are a threat to life and the wellbeing of the victims and society. The researchers therefore recommended the production of more films with themes of obnoxious cultural practices as a means of creating awareness and discouraging further perpetration

Dance without music: is the talking drum indispensable in African performance?

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Playwrights and the task of building strong female characters: Interrogating intragender

Most efforts made towards elevating the condition of women foreground the complicity of man in the former’s subjugation. Women are usually depicted in feminist drama as the passive recipients of the combination of man’s excesses and the repressive phallocentric universe. Hence some feminist plays privileging the monolithic view of women support this claim. By way of reframing this narrative and social construct, intra-gender studies elucidate some cultural and pathological antecedents that ex ray women-onwomen violence and discordant relationships. This study thus investigates intra-gender subjugation in the works of some Nigerian playwrights, using the  content and interpretative approach of the qualitative research methodology. Zulu Sofola’s Wedlock of the Gods, and Tracie Utoh- Ezeajugh’s Who Owns This Coffin? are case studies whose critical analysis are anchored on Kimberly Crenshaw’s Intersectional feminism. The study reveals the affirmation of African playwrights that women actually subjugate themselves and that playwrights have been  highlighting these issues for purposes of exposition and critical attention.The study concludes that the age long wish of women in terms of attaining emancipation and equity can be achieved through the elimination/dismantling of oppressive cultural and patriarchal structures thereby achieving freedom from social and economic inequality