Theatre for Development as a Non‐formal Method of Education in Nigeria

Bibliographic Data

ID15080903
AuthorsOga Steve Abah (Ahmadu Bello University, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume1
Issue2
Pages245-260
Publication date1996-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueResearch in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-9783 • E-ISSN: 1470-112X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1356978960010209
OpenAlexW2038287387
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

Theatre for Development (TFD) has emerged in Nigeria, as it has in many other parts of Africa, as an alternative practice to mainstream theatre. It has, therefore, developed as an interaction with ordinary people. TFD has, in consequence, become a vehicle as well as a strategy in the way it uses indigenous forms as elements of its practice. It has, however, acknowledged the presence of the mainstream and integrated aspects of it into its practice. The appeal and ability of TFD to analyse and strategise for action, and its democratic structure, put ordinary people in control from the stage of problem identification through to community action. It is these aspects of participation, analysis and questioning which allow us to discover an interconnection between TFD and Drama in Education (DIE). Like TFD, DIE is engaged in the exercise of critical reinterpretation of social issues by and with children. In essence, therefore, both practices are about interrogating society

Aesthetics · Appeal · Art · Democracy · Drama · Epistemology · Indigenous · Mainstream · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Reinterpretation · Sociology · Visual arts · Creative Drama in Education · Education and Islamic Studies · Law · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies

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