HUMOUR AS A SANITIZATION TOOL FOR WOMEN IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF FUNKE AKINDELE’S JENIFA

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dc.contributor.authorAdeyemi Tayo Joan
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-28T21:15:16Z
dc.date.available2025-01-28T21:15:16Z
dc.date.issued2013-11
dc.description.abstractEfforts 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.
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3506
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety of Movie Scholars
dc.titleHUMOUR AS A SANITIZATION TOOL FOR WOMEN IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF FUNKE AKINDELE’S JENIFA
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