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Who is afraid of the humanities and social sciences in Nigeria? Find out on Sweet Medicine.
How have Nigerians been taught to think about how to be in the world? How else can we be?
Website: sweetmedicine.me
Newsletter: studiostyles.substack.com.
Instagram: @ss.studiostyles
The manifesto season was funded through an Open Society Foundations Ideas Workshop Fellowship.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode, I speak with Mr Israel Meriomame Wekpe, an all-round theatre practitioner. He is a lecturer in Theatre Arts at the University of Benin and directed a play I was a part of in secondary school in memory of the 60 students that died in the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash.
This was a conversation about the challenges of teaching in Nigerian universities today, the art and spirituality of theatre, theatre as a reflection of society, the role of play in education and stories from his past as a student, including a stint as Maggi Cook of the Year in 1995 as a 300-level student.
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Chapters
03:36 Meeting Mr Israel/in memory of the 60 Angels
05:56 Challenges in Nigerian Higher Education
12:30 The Art & Spirituality of Theater
20:16 The Role of Theater in Society
22:06 Personal Tragedy and Its Influence
25:05 Socialization and Responsibility in Nigeria
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