2011 Experience
Overview
TOFAC 2011 focused on Creativity and Cultural Expressions in Africa and the African Diaspora. The conference drew an international group of participants who discussed issued ranging from African Literature to Media and the Movie Industry to Language and Speechmaking.
Opening Ceremony Part 1
Overview
Published on Jan 29, 2014
Dr. Doyin Aguoru: Opening Remarks
Prof. Ademola O. Dasylva's: Welcome Address
Prof. Akinwumi Isola: Citation and Speech
Prof. Femi Mimiko, Vice-Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University; Keynote Speech: An interrogation of cultural expressions platform in Africa's engagement with the Diaspora in a global system
Prof. Tunde Adeleke, Center for American Intercultural Studies, Iowa State University; Keynote Address: Africa and Afrocentric Historicism
Opening Ceremony Part 2
Overview
Dr. Doyin Aguoru: Opening Remarks
Prof. Ademola O. Dasylva's: Welcome Address
Prof. Akinwumi Isola: Citation and Speech
Prof. Femi Mimiko, Vice-Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University; Keynote Speech: An interrogation of cultural expressions platform in Africa's engagement with the Diaspora in a global system
Prof. Tunde Adeleke, Center for American Intercultural Studies, Iowa State University; Keynote Address: Africa and Afrocentric Historicism
Chief Faleti and Prof. Bolanle Awe: Speeches and remarks
Language, Speech Making, and African Creativity part 2
Overview
Chair: Dr. C. Arinola Akinmade
Dr. C. Arinola Akinmade; Department of English, University of Jos; The Decline of the Use of Proverbs As A Creative Oral Expression: A Case Study of Proverb Usage Among The Ondos In The South Western Part Of Nigeria
Joshua Agbo; Department of Languages and Linguistics, Benue State University; The Language Question in African Literary Script: An "Undoable" Legacy of Colonialism?
Babatunde Jaiyeoba (PhD) & Prof Bayo Amole; Department of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University; How the Poor Solve their Housing Problems: A case study in Ibadan.
Victor Iyanya; History Department, Benue State University; Pottery Making Among The Igede of Central Nigeria (Paper presented by Joshua Agbo)
Culture and Continuity Panel Part 1
Overview
Chair: Dr. Chuku Gloria
Greg MBajiorgu; Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka; Solecism and the Quest for Creative and Participatory Audience in Nigeria: Lessons from Selected Exponents of Theatrical Minimalism
Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale; Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan; Theorising Tokunbo Phenomenon As Symbolic Creative Cultural Expression Among The Yoruba Of Southwestern Nigeria
Shadiat Olapeju Shuaib; Department of the Performing arts, University of Ilorin; Advancing Theatre Costume and Make-ups as Agents of Cultural Transmission and Rejuvenation: Duro Ladipo's Oba Koso
Anya U. Egwu; doctoral candidate at the Department of English, University of Ibadan; Of Mimesis, Indigenous Performances and the African Drama
Culture and Continuity Panel Part 2
Overview
Chair: Dr. Chuku Gloria
Greg MBajiorgu; Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka; Solecism and the Quest for Creative and Participatory Audience in Nigeria: Lessons from Selected Exponents of Theatrical Minimalism
Ayokunle Olumuyiwa Omobowale; Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan; Theorising Tokunbo Phenomenon As Symbolic Creative Cultural Expression Among The Yoruba Of Southwestern Nigeria
Shadiat Olapeju Shuaib; Department of the Performing arts, University of Ilorin; Advancing Theatre Costume and Make-ups as Agents of Cultural Transmission and Rejuvenation: Duro Ladipo's Oba Koso
Anya U. Egwu; doctoral candidate at the Department of English, University of Ibadan; Of Mimesis, Indigenous Performances and the African Drama