IJCRH Edition No.15

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH IN THE HUMANITIES

NO.15 SEPTEMBER 2012

ISSN: 0855-9740

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

Etop Akwang, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in The Department of Theatre Arts, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

Mrs. Dinatu Iwala, PhD is a Senior Lecturer, in the French Unit, Department of Languages and Linguistics, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Nasarawa, Nigeria

Grace U. Nwagbara, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Communication Arts, University of Uyo, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Odiri Solomon Ejeke PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, Delta State University, Abraka – Nigeria e-mail: [email protected]

Mark Ighile, Ph.D, lectures in the Department of English, College of Humanities, Redeemer’s University, Mowe, Ogun State, Nigeria .E-mail: [email protected]

A-Augustine-neto Emiemokumo, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fine, Industrial and Theatre Arts Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island P.M.B.071, Yenagoa [email protected] GSM: 08037960963

Mbachaga, Desen Jonathan, PhD, is a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri.

Chidiebere S. Ekweariri, PhD, is a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts, Alvan Ikoku Fed. College of Education, P.M.B. 1033 Owerri, Imo State [email protected] 08037935614

Mrs. Linda Goin, MA Comparative Literature, lectures in the Department of French, Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Sagbama, where she serves as the Acting Head of Department.

Friday Nwafor, MA, lectures in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

John Ochinya Onah, MA, is a lecturer in Benue State University, Makurdi. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Abuja, Nigeria.

Ambily Etekpe, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Etop Akwang, PhD Ecology, Violence and the Environment in Nigerian Drama: An Ecocritical Study of Wole Soyinka’s A Dance of the Forests, The Strong Breed, and The Swamp Dwellers…..1

Ambily Etekpe, PhD., FNISP Icj Judgment on Bakassi Peninsula and Lake Chad: Litmus Test for Peace and Integration in Africa……27

Mrs. Dinatu Iwala, PhD Coping with Cultism in Nigerian Institutions…..52

Grace U. Nwagbara, PhD Communication and Sustainable Agricultural Development in Nigeria….59

Odiri Solomon Ejeke, PhD Theatrical Productions and Cultural Revival in Nigeria…76

Mark Ighile, PhD Edo Popular Songs in a Global Context…88

A-Augustine-neto Emiemokumo, PhD On Political Independence and National Unity: the Nigerian Artist’s Commitment…105

Jonathan Desen Mbachaga, PhD Theatre for Development Praxis: A Dialogue…117

Chidiebere S. Ekweariri, PhD The Functional and Utilitarian Values of Scenery in Film Location: Some Misapplication…131

Linda Goin, M.A. Generations of Mothering as Resistance in La Dot de Sara……142

Friday Nwafor, MA The Thematic and Narrative Significance of Ola Balogun’s Documentary Films…168

John Ochinya Onah, MA In Performance: The Interface of Stanislavsky and Brecht in Gbilekaa’s Prized Chickens are not Tasty…180