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A Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Nigerian Operatic Theatre
(Department of English, 2012) Aguoru, D.
Several studies in Nigerian and in Japanese theatrical traditions have centred on various elements of either of the two dramatic and theatrical traditions. None so far has comparatively examined the two traditions with the intent of establishing distinct national identities,which are concealed in the theatres of peoples, neither has there been an attempt to comparatively institute universality, conformity or unorthodoxy or lack of it in both theatrical traditions. The interests and explorations, by critics of other far more developed national literatures into Japanese dramatic and theatrical tradition, is an indication that this research effort is pertinent. Most transnational and transcontinental comparative studies on Japanese literary traditions have also not ventured beyond the Western world. This pretermits, in the usual manner, the depth and value of African and indeed Nigerian theatrical traditions which are arguably and inextricably rich in comparatives such as trends and forms, elements which have also been globally acclaimed in the international communities. This paper is a comparative examination of Alarinjo and Noh, the operatic theatres of Nigeria and Japan. This analogy is carried out by contrasts; distinguishing the specific features of the forms by comparing differences and is essentially written in counterpoint. This study of the oldest documented professional forms of theatre in Nigeria and Japan seeks to fill some yawing gaps of scholarship in comparative literature, and engage the age long theory of comparative literature as a suitable hypothesis and approach for establishing taxonomies in carrying out this study and other similar studies. It examines how national theatres reflect social, cultural and political issues and also explore the ancient operatic forms to highlight the value of evolving from cultural platforms that are supported by practices that preserve cultural and national identity. This comparatistic inquiry examines movements and trends, motif-types and themes and genre and forms in the operatic theatre of Nigeria and Japan.
African proverbial sayings: a paremilogical reading of Achebe's arrow of God
(Ife Centre for Psychological Studies, 2012-09) Aguoru, D.
Africans are a culturally deep and psychologically peculiar people. Proverbs constitute a major form of collective consciousness through which Africans communicate ideas and opinions. Several studies reveal that thought patterns, attitudes and psyche of peoples are comprehensible through paremiology, the study of proverbs. Nigeria's Chinua Achebe has carved out a niche for himself as an African Proverbialist. This article examines the psycho-cultural value of proverbial sayings in his work. The application of this linguistic form as a dominant tool in the narrative technique and in the portraiture of the themes and characters is the focus of this study which takes as reference, Arrow of God, a work that concretizes the African psycho- cultural crisis. It examines the psychological, philosophical and cultural values embedded in the African proverbial folio.
African Proverbial Sayings: A Paremilogical Reading of Achebe's Arrow of God
(Ife centre for Psychological studies, 2012) Aguoru, D.
Autobiography and national experience: a study of Wole Soyinka’s selected writings
(Department of English, Olabisi Onabanjo University,Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, 2004) Aguoru, D.
Autobiography through the exile paradigm: the Olaudah Equiano story
(African Cultural Institute, Lagos, 2004) Aguoru, D.
This paper examines the relevance of biographical works in literary studies. Using Oluadah Equiano’s story, the essay treats thematic issues with regard to the slave trade and its consequences on Africans. It posits that what led to the success of the story as a historical document is its effectiveness as a tool in the anti-slavery campaign.
Autobiography through the Exile Paradigm: The Olaudah Equiano Story
(African Cultural Institute, 2004) Aguoru, D.
This paper examines the relevance of biographical works in literary studies. Using Oluadah Equiano’s story, the essay treats thematic issues with regard to the slave trade and its consequences on Africans. It posits that what led to the success of the story as a historical document is its effectiveness as a tool in the anti-slavery campaign
Bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities in nigeria: literature and the wale okediran example
(2022) Aguoru, D.
The dichotomy between the sciences and the humanities has continued to be a concern, particularly in the 21st Century. However, conscious and consistent efforts are being made globally at bridging the gap through the promotion of interaction and multidisciplinary approach to issues. Contemporary studies on these have not only engaged from diverse theoretical positions but have made specific interventions in reconstructing the link that will synergise both in the new world order. This study juxtaposes these realities vis -a-vis the purpose and significance of the sciences and the humanities as separate enterprises, and when melded together as a single enterprise. Taking bearing from the medical practices of Sigmund Freud, his interpretations and diagnostic approach to literature; this paper examines the professional experience of Wale Okediran and his literary writings. Okediran, a Nigerian physician, writer and politician, through his work, social and political interaction further ennobles the fusion of the sciences and the humanities in being able to conscientise and positively influence his society.
Bridging the gap between the sciences and the humanities in Nigeria; the Wale Okediran example
(Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, Lagos, 2008-09) Aguoru, D.
Contemporary studies in humanistic traditions have revealed that there are certain negative attitudes to humanistic studies in third world countries. The relevance of the humanities, especially literature, to the socio - political and economic challenges of the 21st century remain controversial. The assumption is that literature and indeed other disciplines in the humanities should be classified as ‘recreational studies’. This article examines the place of the humanities, especially literature, within the humanistic tradition. The works of Wale Okediran, a physician, politician and novelist are selected for this study. Okediran’s writings are exemplary in that they are marked with a distinct quality of having been produced by a completely humanized mind.
A comparative analysis of Japanese and Nigerian operatic theatre
(Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2012) Aguoru, D.
Several studies in Nigeria and in Japanese theatrical traditions have centred on various elements of either of the two dramatic and theatrical traditions. None so far has comparatively examined the two traditions with the intent of establishing distinct national identities, which are concealed in the theatres of peoples, neither has there been an attempt to comparatively institute universality, conformity or unorthodoxy or lack of it in both theatrical traditions. The interest and explorations, by critics of other far more developed national literatures into Japanese dramatic and theatrical tradition, is an indication that this research effort is pertinent. Most transnational and transcontinental comparative studies on Japanese literary have also not yet ventured beyond the Western world. This pretermits, in the usual manner, the depth and value of African and indeed Nigerian theatrical traditions which are arguably and inextricably rich in comparatives such as trends and forms, elements which have also been globally acclaimed in the international communities. This paper is a comparative examination of Alarinjo and Noh, the operatic theatres of Nigeria and Japan. This analogy is carried out by contrasts; distinguishing the specific features of the forms by comparing differences and is essentially written in counterpoint. This study of the oldest documented professional forms of theatre in Nigeria and Japan seeks to fill some yawing gaps of scholarship in comparative literature, and engage the age long theory of comparative literature as a suitable hypothesis and approach for establishing taxonomies in carrying out this study and other similar studies. It examines how national theatres reflect social, cultural and political issues and also explore the ancient operatic forms to highlight the value of evolving from cultural platforms that are supported by practices that preserve cultural and national identity. This comparatistic inquiry examines movements and trends, motif-types and themes and genre and forms in the operatic theatre of Nigeria and Japan.
Drama In Africa: Agency, Aesthetics And Ideology
(Noirledge Publishing, 2019) Aguoru, D.
Dreams as reinforcing stimulus in emily jane bronte’s gothic romance
(Ife Centre for Psychological Studies, Nigeria, 2022) Aguoru, D.
Dreams and interpretation of dreams are elements that have been subjected to psychological, neuroscientific and religious examination. Dreaming, a common experience, is shared by mankind irrespective of race, gender or social indices and has been identified even in species amongst mammals. This study is concerned with the significance of dreams as reinforcing stimuli in literary texts. It explores the category of dreams that are yet to be dreamt but are explored as reinforcing stimuli in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. These dreams which are mental creations of creative writers are attributed to characters invented for the purpose o f a story or a narrative technique. Brontes engagement of the dream concept and dream interpretation in constructing the plot, the structure and characterisation in Wuthering Heights is also a concern of this paper. It is observed that they embody dominant literary and archetypal elements with universal appeal. Dream visions in Emily Bronte's gothic romance portray hidden psychological and emotional patterns of individuals which recur while dreaming. Taking bearingfrom Freudian perspectives, dream analysis in literary texts reveals depths of buried memories in a manner that they can be explicated.
Encyclopedia Of The Yoruba
(Indiana University Press, 2016) Aguoru, D.
Features of contemporary African gynotexts: an archetypal reading of Ifeoma Okoye, Fafa Nutsukpo and Florence Attamah’s writings
(Department of English, Olabisi Onabanjo University,Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, 2006) Aguoru, D.
Features of Contemporary African Gynotexts: An Archetypal Reading of Ifeoma Okoye, Fafa Nutsukpo and Florence Attamah’s Writings.
(Department of English, 2002) Aguoru, D.
From Alarm jo to Oniduro: Stand-up Comedy as a Neo-Cultural Expression in Nigeria
(2022) Aguoru, D.
Comedy (Awada), a treasured genre among the itinerant (Alarinjo) theatre of the Yoruba, has become a dominant influence on diverse performances in Nigeria. Indeed, it could be argued that contemporary Nigerian stand-up comedy has been largely influenced by the indigenous Alarinjo tradition of the Yoruba, which harks back to the turn of the 21st century. Building on Alarinjo as a dominant precursor, the Nigerian stand-up comedy platform, in the last two decades has integrated ethnic, linguistic and religious affiliations to become a bastion of recreation transcending the boundaries of the nation-state. Phenomenal though it has been, researchers have hardly traced Nigerian stand-up comedy from its Alarinjo antecedents, it being a dominant source and influence, to its eclectic contemporary state. Therefore, this study, through a neo-cultural lens, examines the development from Awada/Alarinjo to Stand-up comedy in Nigeria; with a view to providing a credible understanding of the origin, influences, trends, motifs and forms of the fledgling industry. While acknowledging the complexities inherent in empiricism and positivism, the paper charts a genealogical argument for Nigerian stand-up comedy beginning with the performances of unnamed palace satiric entertainers which are traceable to almost every ethnic group in Nigeria, the diverse comic performances inherent in mask dramaturgy, through the Alc-ritualizcd’ itinerant troupes among the Yoruba. It connects this with the professional travelling theatre of the Ogunde Tradition that brought the traditional theatres of Nigeria, the art of Moses Olaiya, and Gbenga Adeboye, the precursor of Yoruba and indeed contemporary stand-up comedy in Nigeria into limelight. Linking these with aspects of the art of Alii Baba, Gbenga Adeyinka I, Julius Agwu, Basket Mouth, Gandoki, De Don Klint de Drunk and Mohammed Danjuma among others, stand-up comedy-as a contemporary art- is purposively interrogated. Thus, the paper chronicles the sociological, literary and multicultural metamorphosis of this theatrical and comical form.
Gege: Ogun Studies in English
(Department of English, 2002) Aguoru, D.
Japanese earthquakes, tsunamis, and storms as archetypal symbols: an explication of Kamo no Chomei’s the earthquake, the tale of heike, Rai Sanyo’s hearing of the earthquake in Kyoto and the great East Japan earthquake
(2013) Aguoru, D.
Writings on natural disasters reflect tragic experiences of peoples and the nostalgic cravings after it. This study examines the portrayal of earthquakes, storms and tsunamis as a national concern in Japanese literature. The portrayal of the theme, which has remained a topical issue, is psychological, and sociological. The portrait of personal and communal loss is a reflection of the perspectives and survival strategies that emerge after such disasters occur. This study examines two narrative accounts and a poetry piece written to capture the magnitude and effect of the earthquakes at different periods in Japan. The study examines these writings vis-a-vis media accounts of the recent 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the Fukushima Daichi nuclear disaster.
Mentoring and Art: A Bio-critical Engagement of Ulli Beier and Duro Ladipo's Lives
(Signet Impressions & Designs Ltd, 2018) Aguoru, D.
Several studies on Ulli Beier and Duro Ladipo have established that they were precursors in the development and preservation of aspects o f Nigerian indigenous theatrical arts. There have been polemics arising from the critical opinions about the relationship that existed between these two artists and the implication of the influences they wielded, one on the other. Diverse forms of mentoring, an established system o f a co-creative process, is identified as the informal but effective ideology that sustained and reinforced the Beier-Ladipo collaboration. This study bio-critically explores two biographical works, Wole Ogundele's Omoluabi: UlliBeier, Yoruba Society and Culture and Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, Sola Olorunyomi and Abiodun Duro-Ladipo's Duro Ladipo: Thunder God on Stage. The paper engages their subjects beyond their lives to their creative passions that impacted Nigeria as well as the international communities beyond their lifetimes. The unmistakable significance o f mentorship as agency in the Beier-Ladipo collaboration culminated in the emergence of two dramatists, the Duro Ladipo School and a historical form o f the Nigerian operatic travelling theatrical tradition. Examining these antecedents is with a view to interrogating the contemporary value on mentoring relationships on the preservation o f culture
National Character and the Narrative of Self-Image in Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom and Obasanjo’s My Watch.
(2022) Aguoru, D.
Building on the view of biographical writing as a cultural practice and expression, this article adopts identity and narrative theories to discuss the interconnection between national character and identity construction in political autobiographies. It used Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom [LWF] (1994) and Obasanjo’s My Watch [MW] (2014) as primary texts. It identifies prejudice against black South Africans as the national character in LWF and postcolonial political disillusionment in Nigeria as that of MW. It further demonstrates how the personalities of Mandela and Obasanjo are rooted in role-based identity and the respective saliences that activate this identity type. Additionally, it discusses the modes of narration in the two texts. The article concludes that national character is a socio-cultural and psychological indicator that influences identity construction in political autobiographies.
Orita ibadan journal of religious studies
(2017) Aguoru, D.
Trafficking has been described as all activities that entail the conveyance, sheltering and trade in humans within or across national and international boundaries through deceit, kidnap, or other forceful means with the intent of engaging victims in forced services or labour. Trafficking, particularly in women and children, is considered by the international community a fast growing global avarice. Dominant features of the globalised trade include: domestic servitude and prostitution which is different in comparison to the context of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This study takes on prostitution in trafficking, engaging the inherent potential and the existing influence of the literary writer to conscientise, redefine and reposition the society. This is done by examining portrayals of character-types, development of the plot and depths of the thematic preoccupation and literary elements which have contributed immensely to the redefinition of Africa in Africa, and Africa before the international community. This paper employs Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Trafficked and Chika Unigwe’s On Black Sisters’ Street, novels that thematically dwell on this global concern. It critically engages national and international postures in examining dimensions of trafficking such as: trafficking as an industry and cartel, prostitution as a vocation for the trafficked, portrayals of the stake holders, portrayals of the victims, value systems that promote the desire of young women to live and earn money abroad, and the psychological, physiological as well as sociological import of being trafficked and being a sex- slave. Trafficked and On Black Sisters ’Street are Nigerian literary templates that serve as conscientisation and deterrence for the class of women this new tool of trade targets.