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On Dapo Adelugba and Theater Studies in Nigeria

Reuben Abati

Research in African Literatures, 2004

Abstract

Dapo Adelugba On Theatre Practice In Nigeria. Ademola Dasylva (Interviewer). Ibadan: Ibadan Cultural Studies Group, U of Ibadan 2003. 298 pp. Dapo Adelugba on Theatre Practice in Nigeria is the first publication under the ISESE interview series, a project of the Ibadan Cultural Studies Group of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The Ibadan Cultural Studies Group was founded at the University of Ibadan in 1999, with membership drawn from other Nigerian universities and research institutes. Apart from organizing workshops (such as the one on "Folklore and Arts in the Promotion of World Peace," 8-12 January 2001), the group has since inaugurated what it calls ISESE publications, including Isese Monograph Series, Isese: Journal of Folklore, Isese Creative Writing Series, and the Isese Interview Series. The ISESE interview series is designed to comprise interviews with ten theater practitioners, selected across the spectrum of theatrical engagement in the Nigerian society, including, according to the interviewer-author, "the travelling theatre, amateur, semi-professional theatre practitioners and their counterparts in the Universities." The objective is to arrive at a "concise biographic documentation" of these practitioners in order to convey a full picture and impression of their theoretical and practical contributions to the growth and development of theater practice in Nigeria. This is a laudable project, a courageous initiative even, considering the many…

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