Browsing by Author "Oludolapo Ojediran"

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    Cultural Interpretation and Traditional Perspectives in Ahmed Yerima’s Akudaaya
    (Journal of Religion, 2024) Oludolapo Ojediran; Arinde Tayo Simeon; Daniel Mary Taye; Oluwakemi Emmanuel -Olowonubi
    The complex religious background and diverse cultural setting of Nigeria make it a nation to investigate the intersections of religion, religiosity, leadership style and ideological drive. With roughly half of its population as Christians and the other half as Muslims, Nigeria has been the site of ongoing tensions and debates around women's rights, religious identity, leadership and the role of religion in public life. This study, therefore, examines religion, religiosity and the Marxists ideology in Adeoluwa Owu’s widely celebrated film, Adire. The study adopts the content analysis method, and reveals that religious beliefs and practices often shape economic behaviour and vice versa. It is also revealed that religion empowerment and traditional power structures often shape social norms and perpetuate inequalities in Nigerian and indeed, most African societies. The study concludes that religious syncretism promotes cultural resilience, and that the fusion of traditional African spirituality with contemporary expressions of faith demonstrates the adaptability of religious beliefs and practices in the face of social change and external pressures. Keywords: Religion, Religiosity, Leadership, Marxist Ideology, Adire
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    Cultural Interpretation and Traditional Perspectives in Ahmed Yerima’s Akudaaya
    (Journal of Ecohumanism, 2024) Oludolapo Ojediran; Tayo Simeon Arinde; Mary Taye Daniel; Taye Shola Adeola; Olayinka Magbagbeola; Tomiwa Adenola
    Culture remains a clear indicator of the organic identity of mankind. Cultural materials are therefore one of the dominant sources from which playwrights have continued to draw. However, an attempt to dramatise certain inherent cultural practices of a people often comes with challenges especially for a playwright who does not belong to such culture. Hence, this study examines Ahmed Yerima’s Akudaaya with the view to define the cultural trajectories and traditional dispositions reflected in the play. Through textual analysis, the study analyses the selected play-text. It is revealed that Ahmed Yerima’s attempt to reflect the cultural identity and traditional perspectives of the Yoruba people is manifested in his dramatisation of the symbolic representation of the king’s crown; the cultural interpretation of akudaaya and the dichotomy of language; cultural norms and the significant position of Iyalode; ritual aesthetics and the spirito cosmic identity of the Yoruba people. The study concludes that Ahmed Yerima’s Akudaaya remains one of the notable plays written by a Nigerian playwright which reflects the cultural identity of the akudaaya view among the Yoruba people. However, Yerima is able to achieve cultural reconstruction and initiate a challenge to create cultural consciousness through his play-text. Keywords: Culture, Traditional Perspectives, Akudaaya, Ritual Aesthetics, Ahmed Yerima.
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    Death by Proxy in Ahmed Yeirma's Abobaku and Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman
    (Performing and Film Arts, 2022) Oludolapo Ojediran; Olayinka Magbagbeola
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    Enraged Voices and Social Relaities in Ahmed Yerima's Pari and Temilolu Fosudo's Another Episode of Trauma
    (ZAJOLA, Zaria, 2024) Oludolapo Ojediran; Olayinka Magbagbeola
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    Gendered Female Characters in Ahmed Yerima’s Tuti and Yemoja
    (Journal of Ecohumanism, 2024) Oludolapo Ojediran; Omobola Oyedepo; Oluwakemi Emmanuel-Olowonubi
    Gender roles and their representation in literature have long been subjects of critical examination, particularly in the context of African societies where cultural norms deeply influence societal structures and individual identities. In African drama, the depiction of male and female characters often mirrors traditional gender expectations, which can reinforce existing stereotypes and perpetuate gender inequalities. This study aims to analyze the portrayal of female characters in Yerima's Tuti and Yemoja, focusing on the ways these characters reflect and resist traditional gender norms. By employing a modified psychoanalytical framework by Barbieri, the research seeks to uncover the underlying biases and cultural assumptions that shape these portrayals. Our findings reveal that in a bias society like Africa, women’s beauty and education are threat and also seen as been proud. This study also reveals that a woman’s kindness and motherly nature is used against him and term weakness as portrayed by Yerima, where Titubi’s complementary role is challenged as taking up the responsibilities of her husband while Yemoja’s kindhearted is portrayed as been seduction by Esu and her husband Ogun. The study not only contributes to the academic discourse on gender and literature but also advocates for more equitable and diverse representations of gender in African drama. Keywords: Gender, psychoanalysis, Ahmed Yerima, Electra complex, Trauma.
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    Histical and Religious Dialetics of Cultural Practices in Ahmed Yerima's Abobaku and Aetu
    (Elegbakna, 2025) Oludolapo Ojediran; Oriyomi Wuraola Ikimot
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    Historio-Cultural and Womanist View in Liz Lochhead's Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Choopped off
    (Performing and Film Arts, University of Ilorin Nigeria and University of Cape Coast, Ghana, 2014) Oludolapo Ojediran
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    Ogunian Metaphysics and the Metaphor of a Knife in Wole Soyinka’s Alapata Apata
    (Cognizance Journal, 2025) Oludolapo Ojediran; Olubukola Kehinde; Olayinka Magbagbeola
    The widely celebrated Nigerian Playwright and Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, is unapologetic about his fraternity with his hero-god and muse, Ogun – the Yoruba god of war, of iron and of destruction. Soyinka has, in fact, created many characters in his play-texts along the shores of Ogun‘s visceral form. This study, therefore, explores Ogunian metaphysics and the metaphor of a knife in Wole Soyinka‘s Alapata Apata. The study uses the textual analysis approach to give a close reading to the selected text and concludes that, Soyinka unveils the hegemonic constructs inherent in the dominant culture of elites. By so doing, he edges the subaltern few over the proletariats and makes the former to be more technically knowledgeable and insightful in the society. Keywords: Ogun, Ogunian Metaphysics, Ideology, Iconoclasm.
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    Performative Aesthetics in Seleceted Nigerian Telecommunication Adverts
    (GUU Journal of Humanities, 2024) Oludolapo Ojediran; Ayomide Oyaleke
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    Religion and Cultural Dynamism in Ahmed Yerima’s Drugga and Lanpapa
    (Mizoram University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024) Oludolapo Ojediran; Abolade Fakayode
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    Religion, Religiosity, Leadership Nexus and the Marxist Ideology in Adeoluwa Owu’s Adire
    (International Journal of Religion, 2025) Oludolapo Ojediran; Tayo Simeon Arinde; Mary Taye Daniel; Emmanuel-Olowonubi Oluwakemi M
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    Seven Virgins
    (Performing and Film Arts, 2023) Oludolapo Ojediran