Feminist Dimensions and Masquerade Performances in Nigeria
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2020
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University College of the North. Manitoba. Canada.
Abstract
Masquerade performances in Nigeria are rich cultural engagements are important means
by which the traditions of indigenous Nigerian societies are measured and transmitted
into the future. This study considers feminist dimensions and masquerade performances
in Nigeria, with particular reference to masquerade engagements in ldoma land. Gender
politics found in masquerade performances of ethnic groups situated in Yoruba, Efik,
and Ibibio lands are not evident in the masquerade performances found in Idoma land
in which women are prominent. Historically the ldoma people have not displayed
negative gender biases regarding women, and women have been an integral part of the
propagation of the ldoma cultural heritage. Remarkably, the dynamism of the feminist
dimensions of masquerade performances in which women participate in ldoma land has
created new vistas for cultural revival and interdisciplinary discourse in the Performance
Arts in particular, another suitable terminology for the structure and performances of
African masquerade.