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ABSTRACT Victor  Efosa  Uwaifo  is synonymous  with artistic ingenuity.  He  is an epitome  of creativity  and  versatility  in  the  visual  arts.  He  pursues  his  art  career  with  zeal, unwavering commitment and spirited energy. Today, he stands out as one of the most wellread  and  intellectually  sound  visual  artists  and  scholars  in  Nigeria.  He  is  a graphics  designer, sculptor, industrial designer and painter.  Uwaifo is also a poet, philosopher,  architect and ...

ABSTRACT Artists evolve technicalities and styles in visual arts, which result not only in creative excellence but also in serious critical discussion. Such discussions evaluate the visual arts and artists in the context of aesthetic and artistic judgment. However, the critical discussion on artistic judgment and its documentation in Nigeria appears to favour only the pioneers of modern Nigerian art, thereby leaving out the budding artists, like Mufu Onifade, who  ...

ABSTRACT The study  sees  sculpture garden  as  an  important  phenomenon in  the history and development of artistic creation not only in Southeastern Nigeria but also in the entire country. Sculpture gardens are also considered as places devoted to the display of sculptural works created in different media; ranging from stone, metal, fibre, cement or found  objects  like junk  in  the private or public places.  Sculpture  gardens  are significant tourist attractions ...

ABSTRACT This study presents a critical review of the teaching and learning of voice as instrument of study in Nigerian Universities. Department of Music, university of Nigeria, Nsukka was used as a case study. In doing this however, reference was made to departments of music in South Eastern Nigeria for a balanced view. The teaching methods, forms, scope, outcomes, attitudes, quality of teaching and learning skills were primarily considered. The ...

ABSTRACT The  transformation  of  commonplace  objects  into  art  is  a  creative strategy popularized in Western art by Marcel Duchamp and explored in different dimensions by artists worldwide. In the art department of the University  of  Nigeria,  Nsukka,  this  trend  was  made  popular  by the Ghanaian artist El Anatsui who taught there for many years. Eva Obodo, a pupil of Anatsui, has constantly transformed commonplace materials into art by multiplying simple ...

Le Résumé Il y en a beaucoup d’angles desquels on peut examiner  le concept du féminisme;  mais  trop souvent,  on  le  considéré  comme  un  mouvement  flexible,  constitué    d’une  vaste  gamme d’idéologies, avec des perspective et des approches similaire et différentes, Busari (279). C’est cette  incapacité  d’arriver  à  un consensus  d’opinion  concernant  le  féminisme  qu’est  un des problèmes qui limitent l’acceptation du concept en Afrique.  Ce travail, qui propose d’explorer les ...

ABSTRACT Environmental degradation is a subject that is currently receiving attention all over the world and one of its causes is improper management of solid wastes. Many Nigerian cities  like  Aba  in Abia  State  are  currently  facing  serious  environmental problems arising  from  this  situation.  Apart  from  the  obvious   aesthetic  cost  of  improper management of solid wastes, some of the problems  go deeper because many of the things  thrown  away  like ...

Résumé Depuis des années, les écrivains d’origins antillais et africains ont évoqué le thème de la crise d’identité dans leurs œuvres littéraires. La crise d’identité est une situation où un groupe religion, racial, sexuel, national, parmi d’autres se lutte pour dominer les autres d’un part avec leur mode de vie, croyances ou valeurs, et pour la valorisation ou conservation des modes de vie, croyances et valeurs dans l’autre.  Dans les ...

ABTRACT This project report tried to present the branding and corporate identity a studio exploration of National Veterinary Research Institute Vom, Plateau State Nigeria. It has five chapters, chapter one was about the background of the study, the vaccine, statement of the problem, objective of the study, specific objective significance of the study, scope of the study, limitation: problems encountered, methodology. Chapter two observed materials for the review related of ...

ABSTRACT Nature and nurture are believed to be on constant interaction in the formation of personality. This appears to be the same with the development of artistic talent and skills. The process of developing artistic abilities is a complex enterprise involving a complex creative thought process and pattern. This complex creative thought process is a conscious application and expenditure of creative thought energy. The levels at which artists process expend ...

ABSTRACT The involvement and exhibition of violent behaviour by some children in the recent time is adjudged  alarming  and  deteriorating  day  by  day.  Again  school  children  indulging  in  cult practices,  causing chaos in school environment resulting  in expulsion due to these  deviant behaviours is in the increase. Thus, the research investigates the impact of violent video films on junior secondary school children in selected urban areas of Enugu State. Moreso, ...

ABSTRACT THE EFFECTS OF WESTERN INSTRUMENTS ON AFRICAN CHRISTIAN WORSHIP: A CASE STUDY OF WESLEY (METHODIST) CATHEDRAL, ENUGU. The purpose of this project is to examine the effects of Western instruments on the use of African traditional instruments in the worship of God with special reference to Methodist Church Nigeria, Wesley Cathedral Enugu. The project considered the different kinds of Western and African traditional musical instruments in use during worship. ...

Abstract Traditional pottery has been very significant in understanding the culture of various societies. This is why many scholars have focused attention on its study. However, most of these studies lay emphasis on the general society rather than individual artists who practise the art form. In fact, very little or no attention is given to the individual potters who excel in this highly creative profession. One of these potters is ...

ABSTRACT The study attempts to examine the contexts and dimensions of functionality of film editing vision in selected Nollywood films, Feast of Honour directed by Ernest Obi and edited Chuks Madu and Billionaire’s Club directed Afam Okereke and edited by Linus Akubuilo. In the process,  the  researcher  defines  as  well  as  explains  the  research  point  of  view  on  the expressions of editing vision and functionality of film editing as enhanced ...

RESUMÉ Dans ce travail, nous avons porté notre attention sur Joseph Zobel à travers son roman, La Rue Cases-Nègres. Zobel peint, M’man Tine comme un personnage légendaire. Et puis, nous avons bien analysé la situation misérable de cette femme, et des paysans qui vivent dans la servitude, la pauvreté, et l’analphabétisme. Ce qu’on veut savoir  est : pourquoi les gens vivent dans la misère, la servitude,  l’analphabétisme  et  l’abus  de ...

ABSTRACT The study adopted the historical-survey method to investigate the nine Local Government Areas of the Idoma territory of Benue State. It provides proof of iron smelting and blacksmithing in the traditional Idoma  society  and  recommends  the  re-establishment  and  reinvigoration  of  iron smelting and blacksmithing in the area as a way of empowering the rural population. In view of the rapid development in building and road constructions in Idoma area, ...

ABSTRACT Obiora Udechukwu’s name is synonymous with the Nsukka Art School. He is also known   nationally   and   internationally.   His   art  career   has   been   eventful   and aesthetically rewarding.  He works in diverse media such as oil, acrylic, watercolour, pen and ink, lithographs, linocut, aquatint, graphite and pastel, and he is best known for his highly linear style which draws extensively from the traditional uli art and other linear art forms like ...

ABSTRACT Omabe  music  of  Nguru  Uturu  Nweze  Enunu  at  Ogba-Agu  is  one  of  the  most  important ceremonial music in life of Nguru Omabe practitioners. This research investigates Omabe Music of Nsukka—an ethnomusicological study on Omabe music of Nguru Uturu Nweze Enunu at Ogba-Agu with regard to its origin and in terms of the internal and external factors that have affected it. Passive and participant observational oral interviews were the instruments ...

Abstract Traditional media refer to conventional means of mass communication as practised by various communities and cultures from ancient times. Folk media draw upon the people’s past, present and future and cover a wide range of traditional channels; storey telling, folklore, folktale, song, festivals, dance etc. There is an erroneous conception that with the advent of the modern mass media like radio, television, and telephone, African traditional means of communication ...