Mediating peace in a conflict-riddled society: A study of Rasheed Adeoye’s The Killers.
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2019-09
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Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria.
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This paper expounds on the nature and features of Drama. It exploits Adeoye's The Killers, a socio drama, to assert drama as a model and a tool for exerting and mediating peace in a conflict and crisis riddled society. The paper expounds that Drama by its characteristics has its strengths in conflicts and an undoubting sway in proffering solutions to them. Stemming from this, the study employs the analytical descriptive approach to explore and unearthing some of the societal ills identified in the play under examination and the theatre-inclined solutions proffered therein. The findings revealed that drama is a didactic and a fearless instrument that is pungent in pinpointing societal vices, cautions and suggest ways forward. The study also revealed that, in theatre,resides the entertainment power, which soothes, warns, educates and chastises perpetrators of evil in the society as clearly shown in the text The Killers. Arising from this, it is recommended that when society is confronted with knotty and cantankerous societal problems, the option of Drama should be explored for the solution.
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Voice, Conflict and Peace, Theatre, Drama
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Arinde, T. S. (2019). Mediating peace in a conflict-riddled society: A study of Rasheed Adeoye’s The Killers. Mukabala: A journal of Performing Arts and Culture. Published by Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria Vol.4 (1) pp.86-101.