2016 Africa Conference, March 25-27
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
Panel Session A: 10:30-12:00PM
A1: (Re)creating Gender through Literary Expressions, SAC 3.116
Chair: Abena Dove Osseo-Asare, University of Texas at Austin
Women Writing the African Diaspora
Delphine Fongang, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Slave to a Narrative: The Imag(in)ed Life of Sarah Forbes Bonnetta Davies
Olubukola A. Gbadegesin, Saint Louis University
Gender, Imagination, and Creative Space
Israel Onyekachi Ikpeama, Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education
Women Marginalization and Intercultural Self-Reflexive Study: Osofisan's Altines Wrath and Ibsen's Dolls House as Study
Omisore Olabola, Cyprus International University
An Artistic Creation/Portraiture of Female Masculinity Features in Osofisan's Morountodun and Red is the Freedom Road
Felicia Titilayo Olanrewaju, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta
The Female Challenges Experienced by the African Woman as Portrayed in the Nollywood Movie B for Boy
Chinedu Anumudu, Texas State University
Owusu Ansah Boakye, Texas State University
A2: Migration, Movement, and Identity in Africa and the African Diaspora, SAC 2.120
Chair: Celine Jacquemin, St. Mary's University
The Hidden History of the Nigerian Communities in the United Kingdom, 1950-1980
Bamidele Aly, Nanterre University
Understanding Cultural Identity of African Youth: Stayers and Immigrants
Oduwole Anuoluwapo Ebunajinde, Carleton University
Guangzhou's African Community: A Potential Threat to China's Social Stability and Relationship with Africa
Anas Elochukwu, Xiamen University
Entrepreneurship among the Ethiopian and Eritrean Transnational Migrant Communities in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area
Mussa Idris, Elon University
Friends, Foes or Both? Looking Beyond Xenophobia in Relations between African Migrants and South Africans
Efe Mary Isike, University of Zululand
A3: Creative Counter-Narratives, Subversions, and Strategies, SAC 3.112
Chair: Augustin Ayuk, Clayton State University
Cartoons and Counter Narratives in Postcolonial Africa
Ganiyu Jimoh, University of Lagos
Civilian and Military Variants of Dictatorship in Nigeria: An Analysis of Creative Interventions by Civil Society Organizations to Alter the Status Quo
Nuhu Yaqub, Sokoto State University
Togolese Puppetry of the Oppressed
Heather J. Denyer, City University of New York
The January 2012 Subsidy Protest in Nigeria: New Social Movement Creativity, Crisis and Contradictions
Adelaja Odutola Odukoya, University of Lagos
The Framing Strategies of the #Bringbackourgirls Movement
Temitope Oriola
The Guerilla Intellectual: Walter Rodney's The Groundings with my Brothers
Michael Sharp, University of Puerto Rico
Panel Session B: 12:15-1:45PM
B1: Gender, Development, and the Nation, SAC 1.106
Chair: Bridget Teboh, University of Massachusetts
Unpaid Women's Contributions to Labour, Production, and Development: A Socio-Economic Revaluation
Nurudeen Alliyu, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Adebiyi Julius Abosede, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Patriarchy and the Issue of Abuse and Violence against Children and Women in Africa: Panacea for Conflict Management
Kingsley Dunkwu, Ambrose Alli University
The Significance of Carol Gilligan's Ethics of Care for Gender Mainstreaming in Nigeria
Mary Julius Egbai, University of Calabar
The Logical Significance of Godfrey Ozumba's Integrative Humanism to the Project of Gender Mainstreaming in the Socio-political System of Africa
Mary Julius Egbai, University of Calabar
Dominic E. Abakedi, University of Calabar
The Role of Women in Agriculture in the Development of Entrepreneurship in Benue State Nigeria
Ali Ocholi, University of Agriculture, Makurdi
Paradigm Shift in Women's Education and Family
Abigail Olukemi Olugbamigbe, Adeyemi College of Education
B2: Navigating Cultural Identities in and through Religion, SAC 2.120
Chair: Kathleen M. Gallagher, St. Mary's University
Yoruba Cultural Reflections in the Christ Apostolic Church
Stephen Sunday Olurotimi Afolabi, Christ Apostolic Church Theological Seminary
Religious Creativity and the Patronage of Sacred Places in African Christianity
David O. Alabi, Joseph Ayo Babalola University
Metaphysis in Creativity: A Critical Appraisal of Yoruba Culture and Identity in Christianity
Ijaola Samson Oluwatope, Samuel Adegboyega University
Zimbabwe Catholic Women Guilds in the Diaspora: Enacting and Contesting Identities
Dominic Pasura, University of Glasgow
The Functional Relevance of Sculpture in Religious and Cultural Practices in Nigeria; A Case Study of the Ibibio Traditional Mask and Figurines
Omon Emekpe Okokon-Ita, Cross River State University of Technology
B3: Renarrating Space and Identity in Africa and the African Diaspora, SAC 3.112
Chair: Jason Morgan, Collins College
Creativity, Leadership, and the Management of Identity Conflicts in Africa: Lessons for Nigeria
Chidi M. Amaechi, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
The Rediscovery of Africa
Melike Yilmaz, Gediz University
Fatıma Momodu, Nigeria Turkish Nile University (NILE)
'Calling a Whiteman a Monkey in Order to Eat Him': Narratives in Postcolonial Ethnic Relations around the Eggon of Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Victor S. Dugga, Federal University, Lafia
David Ajiji Nyam, Federal University, Lafia
Culture and Creativity in Post-Colonial Africa, Whither the State
M. M. Fadakinte, University of Lagos
Identity and the Politics of Place: Ethnic Narratives of Place Names in Jos
Sati U. Fwatshak, University of Jos
David Ajiji Nyam, The Federal University, Lafia
B4: The Visual Arts and Cultural Spaces: Creation and Conservation, SAC 3.116
Chair: Temisanren Ebijuwa, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
As in Sculpture so in Architecture: A Treatise for Local Aesthetic Philosophy in Public Space Design
Tunji Adejumo, University Of Lagos
From Prison to Freedom Park – A Case of Creative Historical Preservation
Adedotun Moses Atilade, University of Ibadan
Creativity, Documentation and Preservation of Visual Creation: What are Cultural Institutions Doing?
Wahab Ademola Azeez, Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka
Historical Sites as Symbols of Cultural and Ethnic Identity in the Benin Kingdom
Onaiwu W. Ogbomo, Western Michigan University
Method of Conserving Cultural Objects in the National Museums in Lagos and Oron, Nigeria
Michael Abiodun Oyinloye, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Towards A Group Model of Creativity as a Counter Narrative to the Universalist Model of the Individual as a Creative Innovator
Rita Doris Edumchieke Ubah, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Panel Session C: 2:00-3:30PM
C1: Literary and Oral Explorations of Identity, Past and Present, SAC 1.106
Chair: Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas at Austin (Emeritus)
The Contributions of Literature and Language in Africa – A Study of Nigeria
Juliet Adaku Egesi, Imo State Polytechnics
Les Gardien(ne)s du passé: Representatives of the Past in Rouge l'aube, Les Ancêtres redoublent de férocité and La Mémoire tatouée
Liza Goodstein, University of Texas at Austin
Creativity and Ontological Boundaries: Interrogating Indeterminacies in Chika Unigwe's The Phoenix
Ijeoma C. Nwajiaku, Federal Polytechnic, Oko
The Theme of Identity Crisis in Kaine Agary's Yellow-Yellow
Philomena O. Ojo, Ambrose Alli University
Creative Susceptibilities for the Explication of Diasporic Sensitivities in African-American Works of Ralph Ellison and Richard Wright, and Contemporary African Diaspora Writing
Durojaiye Owoeye, Joseph Ayo Babalola University
The Words of our Elders: Integrating Yoruba Proverbs and Wise Sayings into an Afrocentric English Language Curriculum in Southwest Nigerian Schools
Bandele Adeboye Sogbesan, Tai Solarin University
Creativity, Identity and Culture Profile: A Discursive Study of Ewan Alufohai's The Moto-Boy
M.O. Omo-Ojugo, Ambrose Alli University
G.I. Omo-Ojugo, Ambrose Alli University
C2: The Nation as a Creative Process: Discursive and Performative Practices in the Construction of the Nation in Independent Africa, SAC 2.120
Chair: Mickie Mwanzia Koster, University of Texas at Tyler
Cameroon: One State, Two Nations: An Analysis of the Contradictions of a Unified Cameroon
Augustine E. Ayuk, Clayton State University
The Impossible Craft of Nation Building in Post-Colonial Cameroon
Ramon A Fonkoue, Michigan Technological University
Sony Labou Tansi on Nation Building in Postcolonial Africa
Gerard Keubeung, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Reinventing Nigeria's Third Wave of Democracy
Soj Ojo, Ambrose Alli University
The "Operational Command" in Cameroon: No Nation without Justice
Herve Tchumkam, Southern Methodist University
C3: Children and Families in Creative and Popular Cultural Practices, SAC 3.112
Chair: Michael Sharp, University of Puerto Rico
The Role of Films in the Cultural Renaissance in African Children: A Cultural Study of Saworo Ide, Agogo Eewo, and The Narrow Path
Morenike A. Adeniran, Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan
Elizabeth O. Augustus, Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan
Olajumoke O. Adegbite, Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Ibadan
Lamentations for the African Child: The Poetry of Ify Agu-Omalicha
Ameh Dennis Akoh, Osun State University
Nollywood Movies and Psychological Development of the Nigerian Child
Oluwafikayomi O. Banjo, Babcock University
Onyinyechi Nwaolikpe, Babcock University
Elizabeth Nkechi Okonkwo, Babcock University
Family Politics: Negotiating the Family Unit as a Creative Force in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen and Ben Okri's The Famished Road
Aaron Brown, Sterling College
Finding New Ways to Deal with an Old Problem: Revisiting Early Childhood and Forced Marriages in South Africa and Nigeria
Christopher Isike, University of Zululand
C4: Theatre and Dance: Kinetics of Sociocultural and Sociopolitical Processes, SAC 3.116
Chair: Onaiwu Ogbomo, Western Michigan University
Creativity in Modern Benin Cultural Dance Performance in Nigeria
Josephine Ebiuwa Abbe, University of Benin
Movement's Influence on the Dynamics of Culture and Identity
Sade Jones
Creativity in Acting: Strategies for the Separation of the Performer's Real Identity from the Construct in Nigeria
Osakue S. Omoera, Ambrose Alli University
Emmanuel Ozoemenam, University of Ibadan
Evaluating the Elastic Nature of Kokoma Dance Form
Ikike Ufford, University of Calabar
Environmental Dimensions of Creativity in Kinetic and Costume Construct of Nyok Dance Theatre of the Efik People
Ifure Ufford-Azorbo, University of Uyo
The Place of Traveling Theatre Troupes in the Evolution of Modern Nigerian Drama
Bosede Funke Afolayan, University of Lagos
Panel Session D: 3:45-5:15PM
D1: African Epistemologies and Healing Processes, SAC 1.106
Chair: Bosede Funke Afolayan, University of Lagos
Creativity and Ethics in Indigenous Yoruba-African Healthcare
Oladele A. Balogun, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Ademola K. Fayemi, Lagos State University
The Role of Language in the Preservation Of Indigenous Health Knowledge And Practices
Chinyere Beatrice Egwuogu, Tai Solarin University of Education
Creativity in Traditional Healing and Music in Obudu: An Exploration of the History of Rituals in a Traditional Nigerian Polity
Udida A. Undiyaundeye, University of Uyo
The Borderland of Medicine in Contemporary Yoruba History
Olusegun A. Alokan, Joseph Ayo Babalola University
Olukayode A. Faleye, Joseph Ayo Babalola University
African "Communal" Ritual as Tool for Conflict Transformation
Oluwagbemiga T. Dasylva, Brandeis University
Transcending Violence in the DRC
Thérèse De Raedt
D2: Music and Contemporaneity: History, Culture and the Future, SAC 3.112
Chair: Abimbola O. Asojo, University of Minnesota
Realizing the Potential of African Music: Ethnomusicology and Dynamism
Tamakloe Paul Kwabla Agbenyega, Nanchang University
The Relevance of Ikwerre Music and Dance in Rivers State, Nigeria
C. Izeoma Chinda, Rivers State College of Arts and Science
Music and Visual Arts: Integral Part of the Society
Ndubuisi Chinyere, Yaba College of Technology
Nweke Florence Ewomazino, University of Lagos
Heroes are Usually Honored: Hip Hop and Narration in Dedan Kimathi's Legacy
Mickie Mwanzia Koster, University of Texas at Tyler
Music, Culture and Identity in Africa: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of the Nigerian Gospel Music
Kayode Olatayo Olorunleke, Kaduna Polytechnic
Creating Afro-Caribbean Dance: The Cultural Impact of Haitian Emigrants after the Revolution
Ann Albuyeh, University of Puerto Rico
D3: African Development: Impacts, Challenges, and Strategies, SAC 3.116
Chair: Celine A. Jacquemin, St. Mary's University
Impact of Culture of Accounting Information on Investment Decision Making in Manufacturing Industries in South-West Nigeria
Janet Oluwakemi Akintayo, Christ Apostolic Church Secretariat
Adelere Olalere Adebayo, Osun State University
Impact of Employees Creativity and Innovation on Organizational Performance in South-West Nigeria
Akintayo I. Dayo, Osun State University
O. Victor Fakoya, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Rethinking Resource-Curse and Development: A Case Study of Community Perceptions of Shell and Nigerian Government in Ogoniland
Onyekachi Nwoke, York University
Assessing the Influence of Innovation Enterprise Institutions on the Development of Creative Skills among Nigerian Youths
Kennedy Ojo, University of Benin
Modernization, Development Ideas and Africa's Trade with the Global South
Mesut Yilmaz, Gediz University
Chigozie Enwere, Nigeria Turkish Nile University (NILE)
African States and the Challenges of Creative Participation in Global Knowledge Economy
Emmanuel S. Udoh, Indiana University
Dinner 5:30-6:30PM
Keynote Address 6:45-7:45PM
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: SATURDAY, MARCH 26
Panel Session E: 10:30-12:00PM
E1: Decolonizing Knowledge and Crafting an Anti-Imperialistic US Pedagogy in African Studies, SAC 3.112
Chair: Edmund T. Gordon, University of Texas at Austin
Tshepo Masango Chery
Omi Oshun Jones
Xavier Livermon
E2: Challenges, Histories, and Prospects of Technological Innovation, SAC 2.120
Chair: Onaiwu Ogbomo, Western Michigan University
Ethical Issues in Human Creativity and the Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Africa
M. O. Aderibigbe, Federal University Of Technology, Akure
Creativity in Mainstreaming Library and Material Production Service for the Visually Impaired in Nigerian Universities: Innovative Approaches for Operation and Provision of Library Services
Niran Adetoro, Tai Solarin University of Education
The Impact of Technology, Information and Innovation on Cultural Development in Lagos State: The Case Study of Lagos State, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria
Balogun Kareem Ishola, University of Ojo
Sunmola Semiu Olatunji, University of Ojo
"Thank You for Your Gifts": A Brief History of Creativity and Inventions from the African Diaspora
Rosalie Kiah, Norfolk State University
The Politics of Creativity in Nigeria Engineering Space
Arowolo Olukayode Lateef, University of Lagos
Bashiru Uthman Bayo, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Creativity and Technology within the Bounds of Reason and Ethics
Segun Ogungbemi, Adekunle Ajasin University
E3: Interrogating Gender and Sexuality across Popular Culture and the Academy, SAC 3.116
Chair: Kenneth Kalu, University of Texas at Austin
Sexual Innuendoes in Nollywood Language Culture
Feyi Ademola-Adeoye, University of Lagos
Yewande Ntekim-Rex, University of Lagos
Invading Ethnography: A Queer of Color Critique
Anima Adjepong, University of Texas at Austin
Influence of Sex Role on the Creativity Level of Undergraduate Students from Tai Solarin University Of Education, Nigeria
Tolu Ogunleye, Tai Solarin University of Education
Oke Tunde Dayo, Federal College of Education, Abeokuta
Ebun Yonlonfoun, Tai Solarin University of Education
Implications of Media's Sexualisation of Young Women in the Contemporary African Society
Adaora Osondu-Oti, Afe Babalola University
Scandalized: African Women and Sexual Trauma in Contemporary Black Theatre
Lisa B. Thompson, University of Texas at Austin
E4: Politics, Culture, and Creativity in Africa, SAC 3.114
Chair: Michael Sharp, University of Puerto Rico
Outstanding Lessons from the 2015 General Elections and Towards Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria
Kofo Aderogba, Tai Solarin University of Education
Representations of the Parliamentarian in Ola Rotimi's If and Emeka Nwabueze's A Parliament of Vultures
Bosede Funke Afolayan, University of Lagos
Sustainability of Existing Cultures, Entertainment and Identity for Nation Unity
Philip E. Agbebaku, Ambrose Alli University
Fadal Mary Edokpa, Ambrose Alli University
Omosun Marvins Kennedy, Nassarawa State University, Keffi
When Settlers Become Game Changers: 'Jasawa' in Plateau State Politics
David Ajiji Nyam, Federal University, Lafia
Victor Samson Dugga, Federal University, Lafia
The Culture of Impunity and Legitimacy Crisis in Nigeria: Analysis of the Nigerian Presidential Elections
Aondowase Nyam, University Of Pretoria
Lagbaja: Masks, Mystique and Metaphor
Tope Popoola
E5: The Politics of Creativity, Resistance, and Democratic Movements, SAC 1.106
Chair: Abimbola O. Asojo, University of Minnesota
Kabyle Resistance & Berber Autonomy
Celine A. Jacquemin, St. Mary's University
Resistance and Revolt in Latin American and African Literatures in the Twentieth Century: Creating Identity and Space
Juan Manuel Ávila Conejo, University of Texas at Austin
Liberation and/as Creativity: Revisiting a Dying Colonialism
Douglas Ficek, University of New Haven
Creativity, Resistance and the Intellectual Life: The Role of the University Campus in the Political Life of Africa and Asia
Kathleen M. Gallagher, St. Mary's University
Ali Mazrui's Analytical Penchant for the Dialectics: Intellectual Creativity and the Explanatory Potency of Mazruiana
Wanjala Shadrack Nasong'o, Rhodes College
The Politics of Creativity, Resistance and Student's Movements in Nkoa-Ekele, UNIYAO, Cameroon
Bridget A. Teboh, University of Massachusetts
Panel Session F: 12:15-1:45PM
F1: Health as Social and Cultural Practice, SAC 1.106
Chair: Wanjala Shadrack Nasong'o, Rhodes College
Global Health Concerns and Its Challenges to the Sustainability of African Culture and Identity
Ebunoluwa Olufemi Oduwole, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Exploring the Role and Significance of Social Movements in Africa: The Case of Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
Taku Philippian Yengeh, University of South Africa
Sports in Africa Society: Beyond Skill Expression
Modupeola Banjo, Tai Solarin University of Education
Dissecting the Discrepancies and Addressing the Deficit: Cesareans in Nigeria
Debra Eluobaju, Depaul University
F2: Creative Media, Digital Cultures, and Modernist Practice, SAC 3.114
Chair: Daniel Karanja, St. Mary's University
The Place of Language in Arts and Its Modernist Practice in Nigeria, Works of Chike Aniakor
Enamhe Bojor, Cross River University of Technology
'Rebranding Nigeria': Internet Memes to the Rescue?
Paul Ayodele Onanuga, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti
Creativity & New Technologies: Piracy, Politics and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria
Charles E. Nwadigwe, Nnamdi Azikwe University
The Politics of Digital Image Manipulation (Memes) in the New Media
Ogunkunle Victoria Oluwamayowa, Federal University Oye-Ekiti
Preserving and Propagating Nigerian Dance through Technology: The Pros and Cons
Oluwatoyin Olokodana- James .Y. Olokodana- James Y. Oluwatoyin, University of Lagos
Policing and Crime in Nigerian Home Videos
Samuel Olugbenga Dare, Adeyemi College of Education
F3: Exploring Race, Postcolonialism and Identity Matrices in Art, Theatre, and Performance, SAC 2.120
Chair: Neville Hoad, University of Texas at Austin
Silêncio: The Black Body and Black Political Subjectivity in Teatro Negro
Gustavo Melo Cerqueira, University of Texas at Austin
Se Eu Fosse (Neo) Pós- Colonial: An Exploration of Post-Colonial Identity Trajectories by Angolan Artists Ondjaki and Nástio Mosquito
Omawu Diane Enobabor, Florida International University
Race and the Creative Process: Making Black British Art since the 1980s
Monique Kerman, Western Washington University
From Freaks to Show-Business: Thoughts on Black feminism(s) Canons, pop culture and Pedagogy
Jean-Olivier Tchouaffe, Southwestern University
Black Creativity in Jamaica and Its Global Influences, 1930 -1987
Bernard Steiner Ifekwe, University of Uyo
F4: Transnational Networks and Cultural Contestations, SAC 3.112
Chair: Bridget Teboh, University of Massachusetts
From Peasants to Politicians: Transnationalist Kinship and Political Revolution in Kateb Yacine's Popular Algerian Theater
Amir Aziz, University of Texas at Austin
Collective Social Action: A Challenge to Enlightenment Ethic and the Rise of Modern Individualism
Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin, Obafemi Awolowo University
The Role and Place of Identity in China's Africa Relations
Adaora Osondu-Oti, Afe Babalola University
Turning Dragons into Pandas: Chinese Nation Branding as Nation Building in Africa
Tara Mock, Michigan State University
The Africa Approach to Understanding of Natural Laws for Development and Challenges for Globalization
Irhue Young Kenneth, Osun State University
Beyond Trade: Exploring Identity, Culture and Belonging for African Integration and Development
Samuel O. Oloruntoba, University of South Africa
F5: Defining Africa: African Creativity Shaping African Image, Space, and Society, SAC 3.116
Chair: Segun Ogungbemi, Adekunle Ajasin University
How Culture Influences Creativity in Ghana
Bright Bekoe Antwi
Shopping for Identity; Marketing Locality: The Origin and Significance of Place Names as Family Names in Northern Nigeria
Sati U. Fwatshak, University of Jos
The Influence of Culture on the Creativity of Ghanaian People
Williams Kingston Kofi, Zhejiang Normal University
Ethics and Aesthetic Creativity: A Critical Reflection on the Moral Purpose of African Art
Modestus Nnamdi Onyeaghalaji, University of Lagos
Culture, Identity and Human Values in Africa
Temisanren Ebijuwa, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Historicizing the Nigeria Culture: The Theatre Imperative
Teryila Shadrach Ukuma, Benue State University
Modernism and Cultural Expression in University Campus Design in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Nigeria
Abimbola O. Asojo, University of Minnesota
Babatunde E. Jaiyeoba, Obafemi Awolowo University
Creativity and Fledgling Third World Democracies: Socio-Political Activism in Odia Ofeimun's Resistant Poetry
Effiok B. Uwatt, University of Abuja
Lunch: 2:00-3:30PM
Panel Session G: 3:45-5:15PM
G1: Language and Cultural Identity, SAC 1.106
Chair: Barbara Harlow, University of Texas at Austin
Cultural Dynamism and Linguistic Identity Crisis among the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria
Chinyere Beatrice Egwuogu, Tai Solarin University of Education
Speaking with Two Mouths': Creativity in Idiom Usage in Nigerian English
Yewande Ntekim-Rex, University of Lagos
Feyisayo Ademola-Adeoye-Rex, University of Lagos
Nsibidi Communication System among the Qua People of Cross River State, Nigeria
Bassey Orok Okon, Federal University, Lafia
Inferencing Social Behaviour through Non-Verbal Signs: A Semiotic Analysis of Selected Nigerian Video Films
Williams Catherine Olutoyin, Tai Solarin University of Education
Yoruba-English Bilingualism and Cultural Identity in Nollywood Movies: A Sociolinguistic Exploration
Mojisola Shodipe, University of Lagos
The English Language and Its Implication for Learning in the Second Language: Learning Situations in Nigeria
Stella Olaniyan, The Polytechnic, Ibadan
G2: Indigenous Festivals, Creativity and Cultural Development, SAC 3.112
Chair: Femi Mimiko, Obafemi Awolowo University
Traditional African Festival and Caribbean Carnival: A Comparative Analysis
Ismaila Rasheed Adedoyin, University of Lagos
Food Culture among Indigenes of Ondo Town During Festivals in Ondo Town, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Ebunoluwa Bridget Adeyanju, Adeyemi College of Education
From Oil Extraction to Cultural Tourism: Harnessing Culture for Economic Development in Nigeria
Adetola Omitola, Redeemer's University
Oke-Ibadan Festival and the Ethnography of Aboke people of Ibadan, Nigeria
Oludele Mayowa Solaja, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Creative Tourism and National Development in Contemporary Nigeria
Victor Etim Ndum, University of Calabar
Vera Henshaw, University of Calabar
G3: Filmakers and Audiences: Nollywood in Nigeria and Beyond, SAC 3.116
Chair: Lisa Thompson, University of Texas at Austin
Auteuring Nollywood: Rethinking the Movie Director and the Idea of Creativity in the Nigerian Film Industry
Adeshina Afolayan, University of Ibadan
Identifications, Discourses and Sense of Belonging in the Making and the Viewing of Nollywood
Anouk Batard, University of Toulouse
Global Nollywood in Brazil
Kamahra Ewing, Michigan State University
Nollywood Texas: Informal Networks and Diasporic Feelings
Carmela Garritano, Texas A & M University
"Naija" in South Africa: Towards a Methodology to Examine African Diasporic Cultural Productions and Representations
Olaocha Nwabara, Michigan State University
G4: Musical Creativity and the Imperatives of Change, SAC 3.114
Chair: Ann Albuyeh, University of Puerto Rico
The Creative Process of African Master Musicians: Iconic Contributions of King Sunny Ade
Abel Adeleke, The Polytechnic, Ibadan
Creativity in Dundun Music Performance of Yoruba, Ibarapa People
Babatunji Oluseyi Dada, University of Ibadan
Omolabake Adejoke Dada, The Polytechnic, Ibadan
Ma Gbagbe Ile: Repositioning African Identity in Contemporary Nigerian Art Music
Myke Olatunji, Obafemi Awolowo University
Music and Social Change: An Examination of Jùjú Music in the 21st Century
Oduntan Sikiru Omotola, Lagos State University
Pedagogical Approach to the Acquisition of Musical Creativity in Children
Florence Nweke, University of Lagos
G5: The Performative of Religion, Religion as Performative, SAC 2.120
Chair: Jason Morgan, Collins College
Socio-Contextual Variables of Metaphors in Selected Mount Zion Evangelical Films
Folasade Justinah Adegbembo, The Polytechnic, Ibadan
Fake Prophets and Evangile for Sale in Amma Darko's Not without Flowers
Koumagnon A. Djossou Agboadannon, Université du Maine, Université d'Abomey-Calavi
Preaching in Public Buses: Interrogating Pentecostal Appropriation of Evangelizing Space in Lagos, Nigeria
Elizabeth Adenike Ajayi, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education
Foluso Anna Onaolapo, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education
Symbolism in African Religion, the Untapped Resources for a Creative Socio-Cultural Yoruba Society of Southwest Nigeria
Sunday Funmilola Babalola, Joseph Ayo Babalola University
Creativity, Religion and the Performance of Rituals in Africa: A Study of Nigeria
Jonathan Chidemerem Egesi, Imo State Polytechnic
Conflict Transformation and Four Spiritual Practitioner Practices
Daniel Njoroge Karanja, St. Mary's University
Banquet 7:00PM
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: SUNDAY, MARCH 27
Panel Session H: 9:00-10:30PM
H1: Corporealities: Aesthetics, Expressions, and Gastronomic Practices, GAR 1.126
Chair: Ernest Aniche, Federal University, Otuoke
Indecent Dressing: A Menace to Nigerian Cultural Identity (1914-2000)
Abiodun Banjo, Tai Solarin University of Education
Idown Koju Sotito Olatunji, Tai Solarin University of Education
Traditional Cosmetics, Contemporary Fashion and the Revival of Africa's Cultural Identity
Awosika Bridget Itunu, Adeyemi College of Education
The Dynamics and Uniqueness of Nigerian Dress
Adepeko Evelyn Omotunde, Adeyemi College of Education
Reviving Handcrafted Textiles: A Study of Contemporary Tapestry and Tufted Fabrics in Calabar
Umana Nnochiri, Cross River University of Technology
Nutritional Values of Indigenous Dishes from African Sweet Potato
Cecilia Abiodun Olarewaju, Adeyemi College of Education
The Expansion of the Bead Making Industry in West Africa: A Study of the Traditional Coral Bead Nigeria
Omokanye Ayodele Saheed, Lagos State Polytechnic
H2: Culture, Language, and Identity in Nigerian Theater and Cinema, GAR 1.122
Chair: Oladele A. Balogun, Olabisi Onabanjo University
Good Content, Bad Language: A Syntactico-Semantic Analysis of Language Use in Yoruba Movies
Harrison Adeniyi, Lagos State University
Dr. Rachael Bello, Lagos State University
Error Analysis of Yoruba-English Subtitles in Nollywood Movies: the Case of Three Grammar Components
Temitope Abiodun Balogun, Osun State University
Akinyemi Temitope Akinmurele, University of Ibadan
Adaptation of Folktale and Application of Aesthetic Principles to Modern Drama in Nigeria
Philomena O. Ojo, Ambrose Alli University
Articulating and Addressing Cultural Dogmas and Complexities through the Nigerian Film Industry, Nollywood
Oluwatoyin Olokodana- James .Y. Olokodana- James Y. Oluwatoyin, University of Lagos
Itsewah Steve James, Federal University, Lafia
Eewo! Impossible! Who Dares Beat Arugba's Leather Tear?
Ismaila Rasheed Adedoyin, University of Lagos
Hollywood Proverbs as Sociolinguistic Expressions
Mojisola Shodipe, University of Lagos
H3: Incorporating Ancestral Knowledge Systems into Contemporary Education, GAR 1.134
Chair: Segun Ogungbemi, Adekunle Ajasin University
Adult Education, Democracy and Indigenous Governance: Building a Viable Democratic Culture in Modern Society
Haolat Folake Adepoju, Osun State College of Education
The Tortoisean Archetype in Yorufable-Orature: Exploring the Yoruba's Teaching Creativity
James Olabisi Ayodele, Obafemi Awolowo University
Christiana Ayo Ayodele, Ekiti State University
French Literature Teaching in Nigerian Higher Institutions: A Demonstration of the Non-Individualistic Character of the Creative Thought Process
Akintunde Giwa, Tai Solarin University of Education
Olufunso Tosin Fasanmi, Tai Solarin University of Education
A Re-Examination of Educational Values and Practices in the Universities in Promoting Creative Education in Ogun State
Ebun Yonlonfoun, Tai Solarin University of Education
Dele Olanisimi, Tai Solarin University of Education
Technological Roles in Modern Educational Setting: Impact on Student and Society
Abayomi Ayodeji Adedokun
H4: Creativity, Culture, and Change in the Context of African Development, Garrison Hall 1st Floor Conference Room
Chair: Nuhu Yaqub, Sokoto State University
From Knowledge-Based to Creative Economy: Implications for Nigeria's Economic Growth
Omolara Ayotunde Campbell, Lead City University
Developmental Strategies and Cultural Dynamics in Rural Communities of Delta and Kwara States, Nigeria
Harriet Omokiniovo Efanodor, Delta State University
Globalization and the Creative Space in Africa: Implications for Governance and Development
N. Oluwafemi Mimiko, Obafemi Awolowo University
Funmilola Olorunfemi, Adekunle Ajasin University
Communicating South Africa's Soft Power: Agents, Instruments and Recipients
Olusola Ogunnubi, University of Zululand
Dorcas Ettang, Amadumbi Creative Productions
Africans against Africans: Identity Crisis and the Imperative of Thought Liberation for Africa's Development
Samuel O. Oloruntoba, University of South Africa
Vusi Gumede, University of South Africa
From Commodity to Creativity: Exploring the Creative Sectors is Potential Growth Engine for Nigeria's Economy
Kenneth E. Kalu, University of Texas at Austin
Panel Session I: 10:45-12:15PM
I1: Violence, Crime, and Security in African States and Communities, GAR 1.126
Chair: Femi Mimiko, Obafemi Awolowo University
Boko Haram Insurgency and the Counter-Insurgency Policy of the Nigerian State: A Critical Assessment
Bonaventure Chizea, Ambrose Alli University
Community Policing in the Traditional Igbo Society: A Model for Preventing Crime in the Contemporary Nigerian Society
Ernest Toochi Aniche, Federal University, Otuoke
Globalization, Commodity Export dependence, and Violent Conflict in Africa: A Case Study of Nigeria
Victor O. Fakoya, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Akintayo I. Dayo, Osun State University
Bolaji Omitola, Osun State University
True Federalism: A Panacea to National Insecurity in Nigeria
Kolawole Ogunboyede, add institution
Popular Security Architecture for Nigeria: Experiences from Aspects of Indigenous Culture and Traditions
Bolaji Omitola, Osun State University
Ethnic Militia Groups as Expressions of Culture and Identity in Contemporary Social Movements in Nigeria
Leo E. Otoide, University of Benin
I2: Natural Science and the Environment in a Changing Nigeria, GAR 1.122
Chair: Wanjala Shadrack Nasong'o, Rhodes College
Land Governance at the Crossroads: Finding the Locus between Development Efforts and Human Rights Concerns
Titilola E. Jeje, Commonwealth Information and Action Network
Adenike D. Oladimeji, Commonwealth Information and Action Network
Adebola Adebayo, Commonwealth Information and Action Network
Changing Face of the Earth: Desertification of the Lower Savannah in Southwest Nigeria
Kofo A. Aderogba, Tai Solarin University of Education
Culture of Botany in Nigeria: A Critical Appraisal
Ogunmuko Feyisara Alaba, University of Lagos
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Carbon Emissions and Surface Temperature in Nigeria
Folasade Oderinde, Tai Solarin University of Education
Ecological Threats and Environmental Justice: Eco-Activism in Tanure Ojaide's The Activist and Adamu Kyuka Usman's The Death of Eternity
Effiok B. Uwatt, University of Abuja
I3: Bodies, Boundaries, and the Boundlessness of Creativity, GAR 1.134
Chair: Samuel Oloruntoba, Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute
Youth, Democracy and the Challenge before the "New Nigeria" Theatre
Abraham Ajene Idoko, Benue State University
Teryila Shadrach Ukuma, Benue State University
Cultural Identity in the Speech Interactions of Yoruba Immigrants in the United States
Oluwateniola Oluwabukola Kupolati, Redeemer's University
The Nigerian Diaspora in France
Bamidele Aly, Nanterre University
African Reconstruction (or Reinvention) in Confederate and Neo-colonial Landscapes of the 21st Century
Monica Esparza
New Orleans: America's Creative Crescent
Lucy Bartholomee, University of North Texas, Denton
I4: Custom, Culture, and Identity amongst the Yoruba, Garrison Hall 1st Floor Conference Room
Chair: Temitope Abiodun Balogun, Osun State University
Euphemism in Cultural Adjudication among the Yoruba of South-West Nigeria
Clinton Oluseye Adebiyi, Adeyemi College of Education
Yoruba Chieftaincy Institution and Its Role as Custodian of Cultural Heritage
O.E. Babalola, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti
Ritualization of Gift and Social Solidarity among the Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria
Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin, Obafemi Awolowo University
Metaphorical Correlations, Significations and Creativity in the Traditional Naming Ceremony among Ondos of South-West Nigeria
Yemi Olugbamigbe, Adeyemi College of Education
Culture and Identity in Africa: A Socio-Pragmatic Analysis of Praise Names in Yoruba
Harrison Adeniyi, Lagos State University
"Aale": A Perspective Examination of One Yoruba Regime of Identity
Dolapo Z. Olupayimo, Adeyemi College of Education
Felix Oluwadare Alao, Adeyemi College of Education
Farewell Dinner 7:00PM
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