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Item Effective Study Skills(General Studies Division, University of Ilorin, 2018) Salihu, SaratStudying is one of the most important learning activities for students. As no individual is an island of knowledge, there is a need to study in order to acquire the desired knowledge. Ibrahim (2009) avers that “to study is to devote time and attention to the acquisition of knowledge and competence on an academic subject” (p. 10). In other words, studying is not reading for leisure. Studying transcends simply reading notes and textbooks. It involves the acquisition of knowledge through conscientious efforts and certain measures for particular academic purposes or achievements. Studying is an art which needs to be mastered (Adegbija 1998). This chapter thus focuses on identifying the different general measures for an effective study, the purpose of studying, and factors that impede effective study. Let us begin with the purpose of studying.Item Multi-Culturalism in Abdullahi Abubakar's A New Weft in the Loom, Citizens or Strangers and Corper'tion(Literary Society of Nigeria, 2016) Aliyu-Ibrahim, Foluke; Salihu, SaratMulti-Culturalism is the commonest cause for the various conflicts in different parts of the world. Africa has witnessed, and is still witnessing, its own share of these ethnic uprisings. Nigeria, with its diverse ethnic groups and subsequent ethnic-based upheavals over the years, stands as a sad example in the continent. Being products of their societies, Nigerian literary artists have been influenced by issues concerning multi-culturalism which they put to different purposes in their various works. In this paper, using the descriptive method, we investigate the recourse to ethnicity in Abdullahi Abubakar’s drama texts A New Weft in the Loom, Citizen or Strangers and Corper’tion. The analysis revealed that Abubakar’s foray into multi-culturalism is an aesthetic to mediatise and provide workable solutions to the conflicts in the play texts. The conclusion in the paper is that rather than being tools of division, pride in an individual or group's ethnicity is a common and natural element of life and therefore multi-culturalism can be used for mutual understanding of the differences between separate societies and consequently for national development.Item Postcolonialism, Orature and Social Transformation in Femi Abodunrin's "The Dancing Masquerade(Department of Theatre Arts, University of Abuja, 2016-08-16) Balogun, Jide; Salihu, SaratWriters and critics have used critical literary thoughts to interrogate issues concerning inequality,oppression, gender difference, colonialism, class stratification amongst others. Postcolonialism as a theory is used to dismantle colonial-imperialist discourses which are still predominant in Africa and Nigeria in particular as a colonized territory. It is a retrospect of the historical antecedence of colonial enslavement by the imperialists and its consequence effects on the African people as a race. The research examines the process of decolonization of the African society and the proposition towards the eventual restoration to human civilization. It is an expose` of the African postcolonial and African literary text of social transformation as captured in Femi Abodunrin’s The Dancing Masquerade which typifies the unchanging malevolent colonial effects on the African continent and the Nigerian society in particular. The paper therefore, embarks on a textual analysis of the novel in order to highlight the postcolonial propensity embedded in the text with a view to underwrite the utmost need for social transformation and a clarion call for an egalitarian society.Item Religious Interpretations and their Implications on the Society in Abubakar Gimba's SAcred Apples and Elnathan John's Born on a Tuesday(Kwara State University and Bayero University, Kano, 2017-10-09) Salihu, SaratReligious mooring and subsequent interpretation of religious tenets have resulted into religious biases. These biases have been some of the major reasons for the various religious crises abound in the world today; from Iraq to Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, etc. In the African continent, Nigeria is an example of a nation witnessing such religious crisis. As critics of societal moors, Nigerian literary artists through their literary works have lent their voice to the discourse of such religious unrests. This paper thus seeks to evaluate Abubakar Gimba’s and Elnathan John’s projections about religious crisis in Sacred Apples and Born on a Tuesday respectively, using sociological parameters. These writers, though from different religious backgrounds, in their texts revealed that religious misinterpretation is one of the bases of religious conflicts in the society today. The paper thus concludes that religious tenets as presented in the texts, advocate peaceful coexistence, fairness and justice among various elements in the society however human’s fallible tendencies have helped negate these admirable practices leading to the interpretation of religious obligations on selfish ideological whims and caprices.Item Revamping through History: A New Historicist REading of Obafemi's Running Dreams and Binebai's Drums of the Delta(Department of English, Nile University, 2017) Salihu, SaratAfrica, like other parts of the world, has been beset with various human and natural mischances. This ranges from religious crisis, ethnic uprisings, disease outbreak, environmental degradation, human desecration, oppression and injustices which are detrimental to both human and societal development. The Nigerian society, as a growing nation, has witnessed its own fair share of some of these debacles. As a humanist and interdisciplinary field of study, literature and literary writers have explored and presented the different crisis in their works in various ways. An emerging trend of societal representation in literary circle is the recourse to history and historical elements. This paper thus investigates Obafemi and Binebai’s adoption of history in their works Running Dreams and Drums of the Delta respectively using the new historicist theoretical approach. The analysis reveals that both Obafemi and Binebai reconstruct history to present the connection between past actions and present circumstance in the society and also represent forgotten societal ideals which would serve as indices for revolutionary struggles. The paper thus concludes that the revival of history by the two playwrights is a call to understand and embrace historical facts which would serve as steps to societal rejuvenation.Item Societal Problems and Alternative Solutions: A Fabulous Reading of Abdullahi Abubakar's Next Time(Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Ilorin, 2019) Salihu, SaratOver the years, playwrights and critics have employed various theories to the representation and interpretation of different societal ills in drama texts. These theories range from realism, naturalism, social-realism and the epic theatre traditions, some of which sprung from such theories like Expressionism, Formalism, Marxism and Feminism. While societal issues persist, these interpretative models have continued to evolve. This paper employs the fabulous theatre theory which incorporates various dramatic aesthetics in the evaluation of societal ills as portrayed in Abubakar’s play, Next Time. The analysis revealed the unending oppression, injustice and inequity that pervade the human society. The play also showed that societal problems can only be resolved through evolutionary measures that seek to redress social and moral decadence in contemporary Nigerian society. The paper thus concludes that the fabulous theatre provides an alternative theoretical model to revolutionary and materialist dialectics.