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    HUMOUR AS A SANITIZATION TOOL FOR WOMEN IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF FUNKE AKINDELE’S JENIFA
    (Society of Movie Scholars, 2013-11) Adeyemi Tayo Joan
    Efforts to discuss humour in dramatic terms often fall between making descriptive analysis and evaluation criticism of the cause of laughter which results to the submission about comedy as a genre of drama. There is no way comedy can be separated from humour since the major ingredient that makes it up is formed by humour. This paper will therefore treat humour as comedy and comedy as humour for the purpose of stability and coherence in research. Humour, being a vehicle through which Funke Akindele has subtly transported moral values to the women folk in Nigeria in her movie titled Jenifa, will be explored and discussed as a literary genre that has found its roots as a growing art form in the Nigerian Yoruba movie industry. Diverse ideas about what comedy means and how it has been blended into the movie will be expressed through the review of relevant literatures and the adopted research methods which are oral interviews and the use of questionnaires. This paper intends to x-ray the different societal issues that are pressing on the Nigerian women especially the youths as recorded in Jenifa and examine ways through which humour has been interplayed with dramatic elements to proffer solutions to those ills and abnormalities. Given that there are just a few Yoruba movie produced by women and for the course and sanity of women, there are even fewer movies that carry comedy as their genre and such themes and sociology as Jenifa does which is the problem this paper intends to tackle. Jenifa will however be observed not only as a dramatic piece for entertainment but also as a tool to bring sanity to the decadence among some young women in Nigeria.
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    SEXUALITY IN OGORI-MAGONGO OVIA-OSESE FESTIVAL
    (Department of The Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2012) Adeyemi Tayo Joan
    This study examines ways through which sexuality is being presented in Ovia-Osese festival of Ogori-Magongo. Although there are numerous festivals in and around Africa that features women in composition and performance, In Ovia-Osese festival among the Ogori-Magongo people of Kogi State, new developments have evolved that pronounces sexuality as a major feature of the celebrations . This study employs three different research methodologies: descriptive, participant observation method and oral interviews. These methods reveal facts about the origin and evolution of the festival, objectives, taboos (if any), and its effects on Ogori-Magongo people. This study finds out that sexuality, as it concerns the women folk is the core of what is show cased in the celebration of Ovia-Osese festival. In conclusion therefore, traditional women-based festivals like Ovia-Osese should be seen beyond cultural events and moments of celebration; they should rather be observed from the area of gender classification and compositional features like sexuality for women which sums up to produce the eventual performance. It is hereby recommended that scholars and critics especially women should explore such areas as traditional festivals for women from diverse ethnic groups in Nigeria, which addresses critical issues like sexuality and other gender related issues should be explored. This will create platforms for new discoveries and the appreciation of the female gender.