Uwem Affiah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4052127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uwem Affiah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uwem |
| FAMILY NAME | Affiah |
| SIGNATURE | AFFIAH U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calabar |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5825-1473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Communicating women’s rights
Efforts from female voices in propagating women’s rights and raising the society’s consciousness towards female capabilities is fast attaining volume and recognition in many traditional African societies. In this paper, we will argue that the spoken art rendition of the Ofiori-ndọ (translated loosely as ‘marriage-crier’) in Efik marriages is a heightened voicing in female rights activism, leadership, rhetoric, sublimity and stage energy as it int…
Enriching African Literary Drama With the Creative Technicality of Indigenous Story Performance Approach
Much of the distinctiveness of Osofisan’s plays can be found in his creative manipulation of the indigenous storytelling approach. Universally, storytelling is an age-long enriching, and memorable platform for instruction and amusement for all humankind. Its spontaneous and improvisatory style has the special ability to enliven, to a large extent, contemporary African plays as it readily reawakens that familiar communal interaction between the au…
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Enriching African Literary Drama With the Creative Technicality of Indigenous Story Performance Approach
Much of the distinctiveness of Osofisan’s plays can be found in his creative manipulation of the indigenous storytelling approach. Universally, storytelling is an age-long enriching, and memorable platform for instruction and amusement for all humankind. Its spontaneous and improvisatory style has the special ability to enliven, to a large extent, contemporary African plays as it readily reawakens that familiar communal interaction between the au…
Communicating women’s rights
Efforts from female voices in propagating women’s rights and raising the society’s consciousness towards female capabilities is fast attaining volume and recognition in many traditional African societies. In this paper, we will argue that the spoken art rendition of the Ofiori-ndọ (translated loosely as ‘marriage-crier’) in Efik marriages is a heightened voicing in female rights activism, leadership, rhetoric, sublimity and stage energy as it int…
Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Cultural Identity and Representation (1 works) · Dance (1 works) · Drama (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · History (1 works) · Human rights (1 works)