Drama and the Quest for Democracy in Post-Military Nigeria
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Date
2005
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Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the crucial intersection between the goals of politics and drama. While it identifies certain factors militating against the development of a genuinely democratic polity in postcolonial Nigeria, it highlights the prospects for a more democratically engaged dramaturgy and a reformed polity where democracy thrives and endures.
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Nigerian drama, Democratic imperative, Drama, Discourse on democratisation
Citation
Adeoti, Gbemisola Remi (2005). Drama and the Quest for Democracy in Post-Military Nigeria. In Fawole, W. Alade and Ukeje, Charles (eds.) The crisis of the state & regionalism in West Africa: identity, citizenship and conflict. Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.