IJCRH Edition No.5

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES

NO.5 JUNE 2009

ISSN: 0855-9740

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Kontein Trinya, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, University of Education, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Aduke Ekundayo, PhD is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Diplomacy, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Uwemedimo Atakpo, PhD is an Associate Professor of Theatre & Film Studies, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

O.C.C. Ama-Ogbari, PhD is a Lecturer in the Department of History and Diplomacy, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

S.W. Wodi, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Science and Technical Education, Faculty of Technical and Science Education, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Ibode Osa Felix, PhD is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Education, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Kontein Trinya, PhD

Historical Drama in Africa: The Dynamics … 1

Aduke Ekundayo, PhD

Early Nationalist and Resistance Movements in the Niger Delta in the Nineteenth century … 15

Uwemedimo Atakpo, PhD

Theatre and Minority Struggle in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Plays of Two Nigerian Playwrights in Focus … 30

O.C.C. Ama-Ogbari, PhD

The Ogbia Brotherhood: A Study in the Cultural History of a Niger Delta Community … 66

S.W. Wodi, PhD

Global Economic Crisis: A Challenge to the Entrepreneurship Development of Technical Vocational Education and Training in Oil and Gas Sector of the Nigerian Economy … 78

Ibode Osa Felix, PhD

The influence of some Indices of Accountability for Quality Educational Programmes in Oyo State … 98