Browsing by Author "Fadipe, I. A."

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Explaining the effectiveness of community-based crime prevention practices. A case study from Nigeria
(2006) Ojebode A.; Ojebuyi, B. R.; Onyechi, N. J.; Oladapo, O.; Oyedele, O. J.; Fadipe, I. A.
The framing of political messages in Ayinla Omowura’s song-texts
(2016) Egbokhare, O.; Fadipe, I. A.
Studies on African popular music have revealed that African musicians engage in political discourse which they deploy to reconstruct nationhood. There is no doubt that popular indigenous musical genres, especially those that were prominent at one time in the past, have been given insufficient attention in research studies by African scholars. Many of these studies have been driven especially by social responsibility theory, hegemony and counter-hegemonic theories and so on. However, this study using framing theory and textual analysis approach, examined the political themes described in Ayinla Omowura’s song texts of Orin owo'le Eko (Lagos Rent Edit), Ire wole de (Udoji Salary Increase), National Census, Eyin Oselu wa (Our Politicians), Challenge Cup and Late Murtala Mohammed. Findings reveal that Lagos rent edict, Udoji salary increment report, 1973 national census, politicians’ attitudes to elections, new currency introduction and 1972 change in the driving System are the dominant political events in the songs. Moreover, the social realities described include militarism, insufficient basic amenities, unemployment, policy implementation, hooliganism and electoral violence, rule of law, political dass wrangling, among others. In addition, government and political leaders were mostly portrayed as benefactors, while masses were sometimes counseled, or mildly reprimanded by the musician. In conclusion, though the events described in the selected songs happened in the 1970's in Nigeria, these themes still feature in the country's socio-political realities and are germane to political discourses in the twenty-first Century Nigeria
Promoting cultural and social values in Yoruba nollywood movies
(2017-04) Elegbe, O.; Fadipe, I. A.
Yoruba Nollywood movies have been both applauded for promoting cultural and social values which results in Nigeria’s progress and denounced as a form of projecting Nigeria’s bad image by films critics. Against this backdrop, the study examined audience preference of Yoruba films and how they have promoted their cultural and behavioural values. Employing survey technique, evidence shows that the audience favoured certain Yoruba films, casts and producers. Two, their thematic interests include injustices, extra-marital affair, get-rich syndrome, ritualism, power tussle, armed robbery and bribery and corruption, while integrity/honesty, cultural identity and hard work form the fulcrum of their socio-cultural values. In the end, Yoruba film audience determine what they cultivate from mediated social realities as cultural and social values.