Performance Art in Nigeria

live art and action art in Nigeria.

‘The making of the Nigerian theatre history is fraught with the canonical pedagoguery of diverse theatre iconoclasts within the frame of performance and literary theatre traditions.Whenever Nigerian theatre is referenced, as it is evident in many published book collections and essays, it is situated within the lenses and aesthetics of 20th century performance tradition and scholarship of theatre practitioners, playwrights/dramatists and critics suchas Hubert Ogunde, Kola Ogunmola, Wole Soyinka, J.P. Clark-Bekederemo, Ola Rotimi, Zulu Sofola, Wale Ogunyemi, Femi Osofisan, Olu Obafemi, Bode Sowande, Tunde Fatunde, Jimi Solanke, Steve Abah, Tess Onwueme, Ahmed Yerima, Ebun Clark, Sam Ukala, Biodun Jeyifo, and Yemi Ogunbiyi, among others, who have strode, and still stride the Nigerian theatre scene.’ (The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Contemporary Nigerian Theatre and Performance)