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1. Extending the multiculturalism metaphors: state identity in Nasarawa State’s <italic>Su-dir</italic> dance theatre as fruit salad juice.

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Tume, Tosin Kooshima

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The robust multiculturalism debate and its attendant metaphors have paid little attention to the peculiar realities of managing the inherent cultural diversity in Africa. This paper opens up the existing debate on multiculturalism, and offers an option of the Fruit Salad Juice as the identity produced through the active cultural interactions within a typical African multi-ethnic state. The Fruit Salad Juice alternative specifically applies to the theatrical performances that emanate from these multicultural collaborations. The paper examines Su-dir dance theatre being one of the products of the Let’s Sheathe Our Swords (LSOS) project launched by the Nasarawa State government of Nigeria to facilitate social therapy and cultural integration after a protracted period of inter-ethnic, religious and political crises in the state. Data for this study was collated through the participant observation and interview methods. At various points, I conducted interviews with the administrators, consultants, and artistes of the Nasarawa State Performing Troupe, as well as some members of the Su-Dir audience. Nasarawa state is conceptualized as a fruit salad bowl, and the LSOS theatrical pieces as juice produced thereof. The idea of Fruit Salad Juice is demonstrated in the evidence of inclusivity and state identity found in the compositional elements of the Su-dir dance theatre and other outcomes of the LSOS project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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4. Communicating empathy for change: A kinesics assesment of Ojo Bakare’s 'The voyage'

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Tume, Tosin Kooshima

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The primary aim of any theatrical endeavour is to effectively communicate. Kinesics is a non-verbal communication concept which deals with the usage of body movements and gestures for message dissemination. Kinaesthetic empathy is a kinesics theory which explores the uncanny ability of making members of audience experience related feelings, and interpret the message being communicated through movements in a performance. “The Voyage”, created and directed by Ojo Rasaki Bakare is an improvisational total theatre which documents the socio-political journey of Nigeria as a nation, using the tripartite performative mediums of music, dance and drama for communication. This paper interrogates the various levels of the Nigerian socio- political change identified through the modes of kinesic communication within the play. Through unstructured interviews conducted on randomly selected members of the audience, this paper establishes the diverse levels of kinaesthetic empathy registered through the audience response to the performance. The paper also examines the instructional, emotional and aesthetic values of movements employed in “The Voyage” performance, to prescribe effective change management in Nigerian governance. The study identifies the elements of kinesic communication such as dance, mime, gestures and dramatic movements, as extremely useful in disseminating the message of the play and engineering audience empathy towards the management of the change mantra, as regards the Nigerian political scene. The study recommends more concerted efforts at employing kinesics for effective communication in theatrical performances.

Published
2023

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