Azeez Akinwumi Sesan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4117376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Azeez Akinwumi Sesan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Azeez Akinwumi |
| FAMILY NAME | Sesan |
| SIGNATURE | SESAN A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Osun State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8217-7157 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Genres and Audience of Yoruba Film Industry
The phenomenal increase in the quantity of films produced in the Yoruba movie industry calls for critical attention of movie scholars and critics. The quantity of films produced from the Yoruba belt of the film industry attests to the fact that the Yoruba have a rich theatre culture before the revolution in the video film format. Owning to the fact that the Yoruba have a rich theatre culture, the present article traces the development of Yoruba t…
Towards a renaissance of Yoruba (Indigenous) language and culture in the new cinematic mode in Nigeria
The orbit at which Yoruba film industry operates in the recent time reveals the concentric relationship between the artistry and the technology of productions as evident in the use of language, props, costumes and make-up in compatibility with the representation of characterization and subject matter on the screen. The current situation of Yoruba films in the cinematic mode is a sort of reflection of nostalgia for the functional use of Yoruba lan…
Social Dislocation and Ecocritical Consciousness in Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers
Wole Soyinka’s artistic oeuvre, especially in dramatic genres, has covered a wide range of themes from culture contact/conflict to angst/disillusionment. His drama texts have engaged critical societal issues in tragic and comic modes with a view to making commentary on them. One of the plays in this category is The Swamp Dwellers – a play that underlines Nigeria’s anticipated ecological situations of social dislocation, ecocritical consciousness,…
Narrating self and topicality in AY and Elenu’s stand-up comedy
The narrative pattern and discursive strategies of stand-up comedy in Nigeria reveal some tropes and motifs that are contemporary to the socio-political realities of the country. These narrative/discursive strategies demonstrate three discourse types: salutation/greeting discourse, reporting discourse and informing discourse. With these discourse types, stand-up comedians use themselves as the victims of the jokes in order to evoke laughter in th…
The Rhetoric of Return in Kunle Afolayan’s Film October 1
The popularity of Nollywood movies has established their relevance in cultural studies to interrogating afresh the presumed norms among people of ethno-cultural and racial difference. To this end, film critics have focused their attention on the theme and genre studies of Nollywood movies with a view to relating the issues in the film texts to the often heated sociological debates on coloniality in African socio-cultural and political experiences…
Narrating self and topicality in AY and Elenu’s stand-up comedy
The narrative pattern and discursive strategies of stand-up comedy in Nigeria reveal some tropes and motifs that are contemporary to the socio-political realities of the country. These narrative/discursive strategies demonstrate three discourse types: salutation/greeting discourse, reporting discourse and informing discourse. With these discourse types, stand-up comedians use themselves as the victims of the jokes in order to evoke laughter in th…
The Rhetoric of Return in Kunle Afolayan’s Film October 1
The popularity of Nollywood movies has established their relevance in cultural studies to interrogating afresh the presumed norms among people of ethno-cultural and racial difference. To this end, film critics have focused their attention on the theme and genre studies of Nollywood movies with a view to relating the issues in the film texts to the often heated sociological debates on coloniality in African socio-cultural and political experiences…
Narrating self and topicality in AY and Elenu’s stand-up comedy
The narrative pattern and discursive strategies of stand-up comedy in Nigeria reveal some tropes and motifs that are contemporary to the socio-political realities of the country. These narrative/discursive strategies demonstrate three discourse types: salutation/greeting discourse, reporting discourse and informing discourse. With these discourse types, stand-up comedians use themselves as the victims of the jokes in order to evoke laughter in th…
Towards a renaissance of Yoruba (Indigenous) language and culture in the new cinematic mode in Nigeria
The orbit at which Yoruba film industry operates in the recent time reveals the concentric relationship between the artistry and the technology of productions as evident in the use of language, props, costumes and make-up in compatibility with the representation of characterization and subject matter on the screen. The current situation of Yoruba films in the cinematic mode is a sort of reflection of nostalgia for the functional use of Yoruba lan…
Social Dislocation and Ecocritical Consciousness in Wole Soyinka’s The Swamp Dwellers
Wole Soyinka’s artistic oeuvre, especially in dramatic genres, has covered a wide range of themes from culture contact/conflict to angst/disillusionment. His drama texts have engaged critical societal issues in tragic and comic modes with a view to making commentary on them. One of the plays in this category is The Swamp Dwellers – a play that underlines Nigeria’s anticipated ecological situations of social dislocation, ecocritical consciousness,…
The Genres and Audience of Yoruba Film Industry
The phenomenal increase in the quantity of films produced in the Yoruba movie industry calls for critical attention of movie scholars and critics. The quantity of films produced from the Yoruba belt of the film industry attests to the fact that the Yoruba have a rich theatre culture before the revolution in the video film format. Owning to the fact that the Yoruba have a rich theatre culture, the present article traces the development of Yoruba t…
Aesthetics (3 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (3 works) · Consciousness (2 works) · Film genre (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)