BEYOND THE DRAMATIC CULTURE OF STREET PROTEST: MORAL PERSUASION FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONAL RULERS IN PROTEST PERFORMANCE.
1 Department of Theatre and Film Arts University of Jos
* Corresponding author: thenancyking@gmail.com
* Corresponding author: thenancyking@gmail.com
Abstract
Whilst there is a wealth of literature globally that explores
the trajectories of street protest, there are however other
issues that are yet to be discussed. In Nigeria and Africa at
large, despite the vast research on the status of protesters,
little is known about the perspective of traditional rulers
participating in street protest. The overall image that
emerges from the drama/ play (text) and phenomenal events
(context) is silence and absence of this group of individuals
with influential positions. This paper examines the dramatic
culture of street protest and seeks a moral approach to the
participation of traditional rulers as social actors in the
prevailing culture of street protest. The methodology of
research is qualitative and exploratory in nature. To achieve
this, content analysis approach is implored where the paper
analyses occurrences and participation in street protest. To
explore the reason traditional rulers have not participated in
street protest, this paper identifies plays that treat protest as a
theme and examine if any play characterises protesters as
traditional rulers. The findings from the analysis of text
(plays) and contextual (street protest) performances disclose
that there is no portrayal by playwrights or empirical
evidence of traditional rulers participating in street protest.
Keywords
Drama
Morals
Participation
Protest
Traditional Rulers
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How to Cite
KING, N. (2023). BEYOND THE DRAMATIC CULTURE OF STREET PROTEST: MORAL PERSUASION FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONAL RULERS IN PROTEST PERFORMANCE.. Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, 14(1), 92-99. https://doi.org/10.67862/hjjgs.2023.tx0acbpm
N. KING, "BEYOND THE DRAMATIC CULTURE OF STREET PROTEST: MORAL PERSUASION FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF TRADITIONAL RULERS IN PROTEST PERFORMANCE.," Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 92-99, January 2023. doi: 10.67862/hjjgs.2023.tx0acbpm
