Theatre, politics, and social consciousness in Nigeria
Subtitle: celebration of the dramaturgy of Iyorwuese Hagher
By: Egwugwu Illah (ed.).
Contributors: Illah, Egwugwu J.; Hagher, Iyorwuese H.
Publisher: Leadership Production Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jos, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Hagher, Iyorwuese H. -- Political and social views -- Congresses.; Hagher, Iyorwuese H. -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses.; Theater -- Political aspects -- Nigeria -- Congresses.; Theater and society -- Nigeria -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Essays collected at the golden jubilee celebration for Iyorwuese Hagher, held at Jos, Nigeria.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the ideological project in Nigerian drama / J.S. Illah; title: Between theatre and society / Emmy U. Idegu; title: Iyorwuese Hagher : on the threshold of time / Oga S. Abah; title: Female liberation or male domestication / Umar Buratai; title: The nature and strategies of the political subject in Hagher's Comrade and voltage and Swem Karagbe / Ayem Shoja; title: Culture, history, and the Nigerian playwright / Dauda E. Musa; title: Iyorwuese Hagher : his life in arts and politics / Saint Gbilekaa; title: A playwright as politician / Victor S. Dugga; title: Hagher : the playwright-documentarist as nation builder / Eman S. Dandaura; title: Stage iconography in the plays of Iyorwuese Hagher / Ayo Olu Akinwale; title: Nigeria's leadership quest : Hagher's paradigm in Swem Karagbe / Jacob M. Agaku; title: Women and power in Hagher's play / E.A. Nyager; title: Hagher and women empowerment : the paradigm of Mulkin Mata / Angela F. Miri; title: Poverty & women's education in Hagher's Aishatu / Milcha E. Dadirep; title: Children's participation in development process : the Theatre for Development approach / Irene Salami; title: The artist in social visioning : an analysis of Iyorwuese Hagher's Theatre for Development in Benue State of Nigeria / Iortiom Mude.