Browsing by Author "Atteh, Femi Yinka"

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    Cultural Tourism Sites in Kwara State: Potentials and Challenges
    (Department of Theatre Arts, University of Abuja., 2023-04-05) Atteh, Femi Yinka; Rufai-Ahmad, Kazeem
    Cultural tourism is the exploration and experiencing of cultural manifestations such as indigenous cultural practices rooted in the peoples' cultural festivals, carnivals, arts centres, arts exhibitions, museums, theatre and so on. Cultural tourism serves as an alternative to the dwindling revenues from oil and gas sector in Nigeria. Despite the huge potential inherent in cultural tourism, its development has not been given adequate attention by both the private sector and the state government. The Nigeria cultural policy states that the federal government of Nigeria shall promote domestic tourism and provide facilities for its promotion. However, this is not the reality in cultural tourism development and promotion in Kwara State. The position of the cultural policy on cultural tourism promotion is not the current reality as the state government failed to set up attractions for various available cultural sites to aid the promotion of cultural tourism in Kwara State. Given this, the paper examines issues relating to the development of cultural sites and effective cultural tourism promotion in Kwara State, Nigeria. The paper employs the descriptive method and interview instrument to interrogate reasons for low patronage of cultural sites in Kwara State. The paper reveals that low patronage of cultural sites is due to the non-availability of attractions with a beautiful ambience which can attract the local and international tourist, inadequate infrastructural facilities and lack of private sector involvement in the running of tourist sites. The paper concludes that cultural tourism relies on provision of infrastructures, effective promotion and efficient management of both human and material resources to promote cultural diplomacy and national development.
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    Historical approach to women representation in Nigerian Film Making
    (Department of Performing Arts, 2022) Atteh, Femi Yinka
    Filmmaking has been utilised in shaping the realities of Nigerian societies with various productions, recording numerous possibilities of human interaction and socialisation within the socio-cultural need for information, entertainment and education. However, the process of representing women in Nigerian filmmaking suggests a subjugated and sexist point of view, rather than the prolific gender, capable of functioning at domestic, national and international level of any given society. This study adopted the descriptive method and historical methods of research. The descriptive allows us to conceptualise issues in this study, while the historical method allows us to reflect on historical happens, motivated within the dynamics of western civilisation as social change. Findings shows that the colonial period was elementary to the successful growth of the Nigerian film industry today, with production output ranging into billions of Naira per year. However, the continuous subjugated imaging of Nigerian female genders, has aided such high output in Nigerian filmmaking, relegating them to becoming gratifying objects for men’s amusement within the patriarchal society. Nigerian women are making efforts to readdress the issue of African women representation within African society, whereby the educated, successful, and domesticated representation of women, are reconsidered especially on the Nigerian Screen. In this present age, Women in Africa and especially Nigeria have acquired various societal status from the Pre-Colonial period across the growing contemporary western world view, making women contenders in the race towards societal enlightenment. Therefore, filmmakers should incorporate female societal icons in both private and public service sectors as creative muse, aiding the proper representation of women in filmmaking. Such historical works becomes documented histories of better and proper representations of Nigerian and African women at domestic, national and international levels of the societies, functioning across the globe.
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    Historicisation of patriarchal Norms and Representing Gender Roles in Ahmed Yerima's Selected Plays
    (Department of the Performing and Film Arts, University of Ilorin., 2025) Atteh, Femi Yinka
    History, drama, and theatre examine the impact of patriarchy on the construction of gender roles in Nigeria. Nigerian writers convey their reflections on the socio-historical, religious, economic, and political influences that shape daily lives through their writings, addressing challenges that seek to redefine traditional gender dynamics within African societies. Therefore, this study is a historicisation of patriarchal norms and representing gender roles in Ahmed Yerima's Aetu and Queen Amina. This study utilises a descriptive research design and content analysis. The descriptive method enables us to conceptualise issues, while the content of Aetu and Queen Amina is used to analyse the nature of African patriarchy and its delineation of gender roles. Findings reveal that Yerima's Aetu and Queen Amina illustrates a tension between the desire for change and evolving gender roles influenced by socio- historical factors. Lecherous characters like Atiba and Isikulu, driven by desire, compromise their judgment. In contrast, Aetu and Queen Amina should be emulated for their efforts to protect and empower women. Thus, this study recommends greater scholarly engagement with African dramatic texts to further explore gender portrayals and their societal impacts. It concludes that Aetu and Queen Amina provide critical insights into history, patriarchy, and progressive gender representations.
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    Historicising the Politics of Prebendalism in Bakare, Ojo Rasaki's Drums of war and Rogbodiyan
    (United Kingdom: Alpha Crownes Publishing Ltd., 2024) Atteh, Femi Yinka
    The concept of prebendalism has significantly influenced the Nigerian political landscape in the postcolonial era. This has exerted a notable impact on governance and socio-economic development since the country's independence. Prebendalism generally refers to a governance system in which those in power present themselves as entities dedicated to the welfare of the people. As officers of the state, they amass wealth and allocate state resources to loyal supporters or clients. This phenomenon has had far-reaching implications for the country's political and economic growth. The widespread existence of corruption, clientelism, and persistent issues with leadership and accountability in Nigeria profoundly impact the daily lives of its people.
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    Rape and sexual violence in three Nigerian postcolonial play-texts
    (National Institute for Cultural Orientation, 2022) Adeoye, AbdulRasheed Abiodun; Atteh, Femi Yinka
    There is no contestation on the evils of rape and sexual violence locally, nationally and universally. However, there are many contestations on the causes, forms and nature of sexual violence. These contestation are indeed products of differences in culture, human evolution, myth and modernity. Culture and myth are intertwined and are organic even though inelastic. The concepts of culture and myth also find their ways into modernity, and in the present form, modernity has grown through series of stages, standing now to celebrate the intellectual castle of postcoloniality with its attendant variation in literature and literary studies.
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    Religious and Cultural Aesthetics of the Feminine power in Ahmed Yerima's Osun
    (Department of Performing and FIlm Arts, University of Ilorin., 2025) Atteh, Femi Yinka; Daniel, Mary Taiye; Iyanda, Sunday Elijah
    The African society represents a socioreligious landscape characterised by diverse cultures and traditional practices that aesthetically, influence gender relationship. In Nigeria, both Islam and Christianity coexist alongside indigenous ancient beliefs, which emphasise purity, spiritual cleansing, and the utilisation of feminine power as instruments for regeneration. Therefore, this study explores the religious and cultural aesthetics of feminine power in Ahmed Yerima's Osun. This study adopts the descriptive research design and content analysis with Arnold Arnold Berleant's Cultural Aesthetics Theory (2005) to foreground the study. The descriptive design is to conceptualise issues on the silent struggles of women, especially as contextualised in Yerima's Osun. Findings reveal that women have developed a feminine force capable of intercepting and reprimanding the influences of patriarchal tendencies within society's culture and religions. It is observed that these spiritually driven socio-religious practices have resurfaced through various avenues, Characters like Apena and Iyemoja should be emulated for supporting justice for tradition, and the mothers of the night's effort at destroying lecherous tendencies like King Ogidan for plaguing women and society. Ahmed Yerima's play, Osun offers a compelling narrative that underscores the religious and cultural aesthetics of feminine power within Yoruba cosmology. To further explore the theme of feminine power in African drama, it is recommended that scholars conduct comparative studies on similar portrayals in other playwrights' works. Theatre practitioners should also engage in productions that celebrate female agency in African spirituality.