Author(s): Timileyin OkunlolaAbstractStage Management in academic theatre is a different ball game from stage management in other types of theatres. For instance, an academic theatre is a theatre that does not have a permanent production team because students are admitted, trained, and sent off upon graduation and the cycle continues the next academic session. Also, those wh...
Author(s): Divine ChideraAbstractThis essay extends the framework of ancestral memory I introduced in the prologue by zeroing in on ecological knowledge. I'm interested in how African and Afro-diasporic communities have encoded climate intelligence across generations—not as folklore, but as working technology. Drawing from real practices like Zimbabwean seed preservation...
Author(s): Olanire Ayotomiwa OluwaseunAbstractThis study investigates the isolation and characterization of phytochemical and biologically active compounds from the ethyl acetate extract of Lannea acida, a medicinal plant recognized for its diverse therapeutic applications. The research employed successive extraction techniques in which the powdered aerial parts of the plant were soa...
Author(s): Divine ChideraAbstractThis paper argues that ancestral memory functions both as a mode of knowledge and as a framework for designing Black futures. Drawing from Afrofuturist theory and select literary works, the study explores how collective memory, oral traditions, and mythic imagination inform not only storytelling but also technological ethics and community...
Author(s): Ojo Paul OluwatimilehinAbstractThis study examines Marxist aesthetics in Femi Osofisan’s Morountodun and Farewell to a Cannibal Rage by exploring the society's intricacies and the imbalance apparent. It is a
common misconception that art is merely a means of expressing emotion. While this is not totally untrue, it is important to remember that art allows us to comment ...
Author(s): Timileyin OkunlolaAbstractNarrative technique is an essential aspect of playwriting and this research discusses its usage in playwriting. Various playwrights use different narrative techniques to suit their working styles. Some writers however make use of more than one technique in the process of writing. This study uncovers that the choice of a narrative techniqu...