Providing direction for the Nigerian cultural re-orientation in iyorwuese hagher's lifetimes
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2017-04-07
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SONTA(SOCIETY OF NIGERIAN THEATRE ARTISTS
Abstract
The murky cloud that enveloped the Nigerian nation in the recent times has been
laid in the doorstep of various degrees of social vices that manifest in corruption,
child labour, illiteracy, early teenage pregnancy, sexploitation, kidnapping and
other high level criminalities. These vices undoubtedly are as a result of flagrant
disregard for cultural norms and ethos by the Nigerian. Consequent upon this,
cultural re-orientation becomes apt in Nigeria. It is in that direction that this
paper explores the role of drama as a medium capable of exciting the sought for a
change in our cultural orientation using Iyorwuese Hagher’s Lifetimes. Thus, we
employ analytical method as a tool to identifying and excite attitudinal change
that the literary piece under examination underscores in the dramaturgy of
Hagher’s Lifetimes. Having perused the work, our findings reveal that drama
ranks amongst the veritable instruments that succinctly appeal to minds of people
as well as a medium that soothingly elicit beneficial change in the people of any
giving society. It has been variously established that drama is a luxuriating balm
that engender the soothing magic of believability. The paper concludes that
uneconomical exploration of the medium of drama is a leeway to cultural reorientation. The paper therefore appeals to playwrights to rummage into more of
the misdemeanours plaguing our society, document them for enlightenment,
education, sustenance and cultural re-orientation of our society.