USA Africa Dialogue Series - UPDATE ON NOLAFEST 2014

THIRD CONFERENCE

NIGERIAN ORAL LITERATURE ASSOCIATION

DATE: 12 – 15, AUGUST, 2014

VENUE:      PRECIOUS PALM HOTEL, UGBOWO, BENIN CITY

 

 

THEME: ARTS AND LITERATURES IN NIGERIAN FESTIVALS

Sub-themes:

1.  Theories and Discourses on Festival Events & Institutions

2.     Documentation and Geo-Ethnic Distribution of Festivals

3.     Forms, Classification, Typology of Nigerian Festivals

4.     Song-poetry and Musical Traditions in Festivals

5.     Dances and Masquerade Performances in Festivals

6.     Theatrical and Dramatic Arts in Festivals

7.     Religion and Rituals in Festival Events

8.     Festivals and the Cultural Economy in Nigeria

9.     Festivals, Travel/Tourism & Hospitality Industries

10.   Festivals, Visual & Design Arts in Nigeri

   11 Organisation, Management & Marketing of Festival Events

12     Women and Children Arts/Performances in Festivals

13.            Environment and Health Issues in Festivals

14.           African Festivals in the African Diaspora

15.           Festivals, Mass Media and Digital Communication

 

Abstracts of not more than 250 words should be sent to the following not later than July 30, 2014:

·        Conference Convener:  Prof. G. G. Darah, E-mail: ggdarah@gmail.com

Tel: 234-(0)803-608-8913

·        Conference Administrator: Dr. Mark Ighile, E-mail: mighile@gmail.com

Tel: 234-(0)803-495-9317

·        Chair, Organising Committee: OkeyOkwechime, E-mail: oraclechime@gmail.com , Tel: 234-(0)803-721-7824

Note: Conference Registration: N10,000 (Nigeria), $100 (Foreign) Hotel Room Charges in Benin City range from N5,000 – N15,000

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Mark Osama Ighile, Ph,.D (Ibadan)

Secretary & Conference Administrator,

Nigerian Oral Literature Association (NOLA),

Coordinator, Christian Religious Studies Department &

Senior Lecturer,
Department of English & Communication  Studies,

College of Humanities,

Redeemer's University, Redemption Camp.

Km. 46 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.
P. O. Box 7914, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Tel: 234 (0) 802 344 5151, (0) 803 495 9317,
E-mail: mighile@gmail.com, ighilem@run.edu.ng 

Website: www.run.edu.ng, www.mark-ighile.blogspot.com

Those  who feed others with the integrity of heart and guide them by the skilfulness of hands are the true leaders. Mark them. (Psa. 78:72).For more, visit: www.leadergreat.wordpress.com  & https://www.facebook.com/mark.ighile

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