Name
Prof. Idegu Emmy Unuja
DepartmentTheatre and Media Studies
DesignationProfessor
EmailAbout Prof. Idegu Emmy Unuja
Professor Emmy Ikanaba Unuja IDEGU lectures with the Department of Theatre, Film and Carnival Studies, University of Calabar, South-South Nigeria. A holder of the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre Arts (1984), University of Jos, Master of Arts (Drama) 1989 and PhD Drama (2004) both from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, he is a Professor of Playwriting and African Theatre. He has so far published at least twenty plays and has a number of articles in peer reviewed journals. One of his plays, The Legendary Inikpi has received accolade and wide acceptability by both Nigerian and foreign audiences where the play has received great ovations. Professor Idegu is also an ordained Reverend minister of the Gospel. He is the Presiding Labourer of the Odolu Soul Hunt Ministry, in Odolu, Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area, Kogi State, Middle Belt Region of Nigeria. He is a rising voice in theatre scholarship in Nigeria and a tested playwright director. He is a nominee of the prestigious LNG Award for Literature (Playwriting, 2010) with his entry, Ata Igala the Great. Recently he propounded the Experiential Testimonial Creativity (ETC) Theory recommended for the critiquing of creative works. Reverend Professor Idegu is happily married to a female wife.
| S/N | Qualification | School Atttended | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.A. Theatre Arts, | Dept. of Theatre Arts, University of Jos, Jos. | 1981 | 1984 delete_forever | |
| M.A. (Drama) | Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. | 1986 | 1989 delete_forever | |
| Ph.D (Drama) | Dept. of English & Drama,Ahmadu Bello University,Zaria. | 2000 | 2004 delete_forever |
| S/N | Publication |
|---|---|
| Idegu, E.U (2002), Between Theatre and Society: The Question of Understanding, in Egwugwu, I (ed) Theatre, Politics and Social Consciousness in Nigeria, published by the Department of Theatre and communication Arts, University of Jos, pp. 14 – 24. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2007), Appraising Select Dramatic Elements in Indigenous Festival Performances: The Ogani Festival Celebration in Igalaland as Paradigm, in ZAJOLA, journal of the Faculty of Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Vol 1, Number 2, pp. 363-372. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2015) (ed) Synergising Theatre Practice and other Disciplines, a Publication of the Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria | |
| Idegu, E.U (2001) Peter Brook and his Search for a Universal Language: An Appraisal of John Heilpern’s Conference of the Birds, in SAIWA, A Journal of Communication, published by the Department of English and Drama, ABU, Zaria, No 9,pp.189-201. | |
| Idegu, E.U. (2012) Between Globalisation and Identity Promotion: An Appraisal of Select Nigerian Theatre Practices. LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken, Germany. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2004), “Between the Art, Act and Craft of Writing and Life-Long Learning Process: A Writer’s View, in Literacy and Reading in Nigeria Journal, published by Readers’ Association of Nigeria, Institute of Education, A.B.U, Zaria, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp.157-164. | |
| Idegu, E.U. (2014) Which Change, What Change: Glamourising Social Misfits in Nigerian Home Movies, Published by International Journal of English and Literature, IJEL/30.05.14/0621. On line www.academicjournals.org. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2016) Between Experiential Testimonial Creativity and Environmental Antagonism: Whither the Creative Conscience of the Playwright? in Theatre and Media in the Third Millennium, A Publication of the Department of Theatre and Media Studies, University of Calabar,pp.56-70. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2013) Beloved Odolu Kingdom (play), Published by TW Press and Publishers, Kaduna. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2005), Issues in National Identity Discourse: The Voodoo Tradition, the Christian Response and Social Commentaries in the Nigerian Home Video Theatre Industry, in KAKAKI,2005; A Journal of English and French Studies, Department of English and French, Bayero University, Kano,Vol 7, pp.131-148. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2004), African Indigenous Performances and Identity Promotion: An appraisal of the Igala Ekwe Masquerade Institution in Kogi State, in Journal of Arts and Humanities, International Research and Development Institute, University of Uyo, Vol.1No.2, pp. 18 – 23. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2008) Ata Igala The Great (a play) published by TW Press and Publishers, Kaduna,2008 (Nominee for the 2010 Nigerian LNG Award for Literature-Playwriting). | |
| Idegu, E.U (1997), Larai (a playlet) in INSTANCES: Ten plays from the INSTANCES Project (ed. Jenkeri Okwori) published by the A.B.U. press, Zaria.pp. 69-86. | |
| Idegu, E.U (1999), Educational Drama: A Tool for Child Development in Primary Schools, in Work in Progress, published by the Department of English and Drama, A.B.U., Zaria, No. 10, pp. 203 – 214. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2002), Global Information Technology, Identity Consciousness and the Nigerian Home Video Theatre Practice, in Nigerian Theatre Journal, published by the Society of Nigerian Theatre Artistes (SONTA), Vol 7, No 1, pp.15-25. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2018), Great Odolu Kingdom (a play) Printed and Published by University of Calabar Press. | |
| Ismail, F.O and Idegu E U. (2015) A Discursive Engagement of the Media as Agent of Socialization in Nigeria in Zaria Journal of Mass Communication (3), 2, Zaria- A Publication of the Department of Mass Communication, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 59-90. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2018), Interrogating Social Networking as the Modern Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in John Illah Festschrift Published by Selidan Books, Jos- A Publication of the Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Jos, 77-86. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2007),Beyond the Yoruba Cosmology: A Contestation of the Africanness of Wole Soyinka’s submission in Myth, Literature and the African World, in African Performance Review Journal, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London,Vol.1. Nos 2 and 3, pp. 99-113. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2017) The Field Marshals’ Exeunt, (a play) Printed and Published by University of Calabar Press. | |
| Idegu, E.U. (2014) Truth on Trial (a play), Published by TW Press and Publishers, Kaduna. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2004), Indigenous Theatre Troupe Performances: Problems, Challenges and Prospects: A Peep at the National Troupe of Nigeria, in SAFARA, published by the Department of English, Gaston Berger University, St Louis, Senegal,pp. 107-116. | |
| Idegu, E.U (1997), Chinyere (a playlet) in INSTANCES: Ten plays from the INSTANCES Project (ed.Jenkeri Okwori) published by the A.B.U. press, Zaria.pp. 22-49. | |
| Ekpo, B.E, Idegu, E.U (2018) Applying UNESCO’s Product Classification (CPC) Tool in Identifying Cocoa as a Cultural Commodity of Ikom Local Government Area, Central Cross River, Nigeria, Calabar Journal of Liberal Studies (CAJOLIS)- A Publication of the Faculty opf Arts University of Calabar. Printed and Published by University of Calabar Press,pp. 404-427. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2004), Between and Betwixt Cultural Promotion and National Identity: Whither the National Troupe of Nigeria?, in Nigerian Theatre Journal, published by the Society of Nigerian Theatre Artistes (SONTA), pp. 315-331. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2002), Breakthroughs, Challenges and the Future of the Home Video Industry in Nigeria, in HUMANITY, Jos Journal of General Studies, published by the Division of General Studies, UniJos, Vol 4 No 2,pp. 125-135. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2010) Six and Half a Dozen (a play), Published by Prince Press and Publishers, Kaduna. | |
| . Idegu, E.U (2002), “Wither Popular Theatre? Revolutionary Weapon, Domesticating Tool, or Mere Academic Exercise?, in HUMANITY, Jos Journal of General Studies, published by the Division of General Studies, UniJos,Vol.4 No 1 pp. 145-153. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2007), Beyond Historical Documentation: A Study of Identity Promotion in Attahiru, in Adeoti, G.R (ed) Muse and Mime sis: Critical Perspectives on Ahmed Yerima’s Drama, Department of English, O.A.U. Ife, pp. 159-172. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2017) The God of Forgiveness Published by TW Press | |
| Idegu, E.U (2014) The Humans are not to Blame (a play) Published by TW Press and Publishers, Kaduna. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2008), Globalisation and Challenges of Sustainable Reading Culture: The Relevance of effective Playwriting, in ABUDoF, Journal of Humanities, Department of French, A.B.U, Zaria, Vol. 1, No 7,pp. 214-226. | |
| Idegu, E.U (1998) ,Omodoko (a play) published by Tamaza Publishing Company Ltd. Zaria. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2007), Combating Globalisation with Indigenous Theatre Practices; An Elastic Antagonism for Relevance, in ZAJOLA, journal of the Faculty of Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Vol 1, Number 1, pp. 165-176. | |
| . Idegu, E.U (2000), Historical Playwriting and the Identity Question: An examination of Effion Etim Johnson’s Not without Bones, in Nigeria Educational Forum; a Journal of the Institute of Education, ABU Zaria, Vol 16, No. 2,pp. 82-91. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2005), Identity Problematics in National, Ethnic and Regional Constructs, in FAIS Journal of Humanities, May, Bayero University, Kano, Vol. 3 No. 2., pp. 48 – 58. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2001), Alternating Globalisation with Identity Formation: The place of Historical Playwriting, in HUMANITY, Jos Journal of General Studies, published by the Division of General Studies, University of Jos. Vol. 3, No 2, pp. 60-69. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2003), Survival Ethics, Globalisation and Identity Promotion; Which way the Nigerian Video Movie Theatre Industry, in Anyigba Journal of Arts and Humanities, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Vol. 2 No 2, pp. 26 – 31. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2005),The Legendary Inikpi (a play) first published by CALTOP publications Limited Ibadan 1994. Reprinted in 2005 by TW Press and Publishers, Kaduna. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2009), Historical Overview, Global outlook, Topical Relevance and Applicability of Feminism in Feminist Aesthetics and dramaturgy of Irene Salami-Agunloye, a publication of the Department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos, pp. 73-87. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2015) A Language and a People with the obvious Threat of Extinction: Igala Language Education as Paradigm in Synergising Theatre Practice and other Disciplines, a Publication of the Department of Theatre and Performing Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, pp.170-197. | |
| Idegu, E.U (1997), Amina (a playlet) in INSTANCES: Ten plays from the INSTANCES Project (ed. Jenkeri Okwori) published by the A.B.U. press, Zaria. Pp. 1-21. | |
| Idegu, E.U. (2015) Another Odolu Kingdom (a play), Published by TW Press and Publishers, Kaduna. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2009) (ed) Feminist Aesthetics and Dramaturgy of Irene Salami-Agunloye, a publication of the Department of Theatre and Film Arts, University of Jos. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2017) The God of Peace Published by TW Press and Publishers, Kaduna. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2000), Bridging the Past and the Present through Festival Performances: The example of the Ogani Festival Celebration at Idah, in Work In Progress, published by the Department of English and Drama, A.B.U., Zaria No.11,pp.103-117. | |
| Idegu, E.U. (2014) The Conspiracy (a play), Published by TW Press and Publishers, Kaduna. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2000) The People’s Choice, An Account of the Life and Death of Dr Stephen Makoji Achema, Published by TAMAZA Press, Zaria. | |
| Idegu, E.U (2007),Tough Man (a play), published by TW Press Publishers,Kaduna. | |
| . Idegu, E.U (1998), Traditional Performance as the Heart of a People: The case of OGANI Festival in Ankpa, in MUKABALLA, Journal of Performing Arts, Department of English and Drama, ABU, Zaria. Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 80-88. | |
| Idegu, E.U (1997), Nike (a playlet) in INSTANCES: Ten plays from the INSTANCES Project (ed. Jenkeri Okwori) published by the A.B.U. press, Zaria.pp. 105-124. |
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| S/N | Conference | Description | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead discussant and group Chair at the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists 3rd-7th August, 2015 International Convention at Abuja | Repositioning Nollywood for Cultural Transformation. | 0015-08-03 | 2015-08-07 | |
| Idegu, E.U (1990)“Whither Popular Theatre? Revolutionary, Domesticating Tool or Mere Academic Exercise†Presented at the Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists (SONTA) Annual Conference at the College of Education, Katsina Ala, Benue State. | “Whither Popular Theatre? Revolutionary, Domesticating Tool or Mere Academic Exercise†| 1990-12-07 | 1990-12-07 | |
| â€The Theatre Practitioner, The Society and the Clash of Acceptance†| 1992-09-15 | 1992-09-15 | ||
| Idegu, E.U (1995)“Impediments and Remedies to Effective Community Development Programme†Presented at the NYSC Conference for community Development Schedule Officers, Zaria, 15th August. | “Impediments and Remedies to Effective Community Development Programme†| 1995-08-15 | 1995-08-15 | |
| Idegu, E.U (1999)“Educational Drama; A Tool for Child Development in Primary Schools†Presented at the Institute of Education, A.B.U. Zaria organized workshop on “Teaching the Subject Areas in Primary Schools†held at the British Council, | “Educational Drama; A Tool for Child Development in Primary Schools†| 1999-09-06 | 1999-09-06 | |
| Idegu, E.U (2006)“Beyond The Yoruba Cosmology: A Contestation of The Africanness of Wole Soyinka’s sumbission In Myth, Literature And The African World†Being a Paper Presented at the SONTA 2006 20thNational Convention and Annual General M | “Beyond The Yoruba Cosmology: A Contestation of The Africanness of Wole Soyinka’s sumbission In Myth, Literature And The African World†| 2006-07-11 | 2006-07-15 | |
| Idegu, E.U (2006)â€Greek Gods, Yoruba names: The ‘Nigerianisation’ of Sophocles’Oedipus Rex in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not To Blameâ€.Being a Paper Presented at the SONTA 2006 20th National Convention and Annual General Meeting at the New | The ‘Nigerianisation’ of Sophocles’Oedipus Rex in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods Are Not To Blameâ€. | 2006-07-11 | 2006-07-15 | |
| Idegu, E.U (2006)“Play writing for a Sustainable Reading Culture†Being a paper presented at the National Seminar on Readership Promotion organised by the National Library of Nigeria, at the National Board for Technical Education Auditorium, Ka | “Play writing for a Sustainable Reading Culture†| 2006-12-13 | 2006-12-14 | |
| Idegu, E.U (2007) “Radio and Television Production Techniques†Being paper presented at the Training Workshop on Advanced Agricultural Radio and Television Production, organised by the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Se | “Radio and Television Production Techniques†| 2007-08-05 | 2007-08-05 | |
| Idegu, E. U (2008) From Ritual, History and Festival Performances to the Nigerian Theatre: The Role of Play Writing. Being a Paper Presented at the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Tel Aviv, Israel on 23rd December. | History and Festival Performances to the Nigerian Theatre: The Role of Play Writing. | 2008-12-23 | 2008-12-23 | |
| ACCO Theatre Festival, Akko, Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Acco Municipal Council, (Guest) Israel. 23rd-27th Dec, 2008 | 2008-12-23 | 2008-12-27 | ||
| Idegu, E.U (2009) “Which Change, What Change?: Glamourising Social Misfits in the Nigerian Home Movies Presented on 2nd August, 2009 at an International Conference with the theme New Directions in African Theatre and Performance organized by | ) “Which Change, What Change?: Glamourising Social Misfits in the Nigerian Home Movies Presented | 2009-08-02 | 0009-08-22 | |
| Youth Empowerment and the Vision 20:2020; The Place of the Female Gender. National Workshop organised by the Kogi State Local Government Service Commission, Lokoja, (Co-ordinator of Resource Persons), 8th-9th September, 2009 | 2009-09-08 | 2009-09-09 | ||
| Conference on Agabaidu Lore, Legend and Mythology. Organised by The Agabaidu Community Heritage Foundation, Idah, 18th-20th March, 2010. | 2010-03-18 | 2010-03-20 | ||
| Quality Information Dissemination for Good Governance, National Workshop organised by the Kogi State Local Government Service Commission, Lokoja, (Co-ordinator of Resource Persons) June 14th-15th, 2010. | 2010-06-14 | 2010-06-15 | ||
| Idegu, E.U (2012) Being a Lead Paper Presentation at the 12th Igala Education Summit held on 28th December, 2012 at the Francis S. Idachaba Lecture Theatre, Kogi State University, Anyigba. | “A Language and a People with the obvious Threat of Extinction: Igala Language Education as Paradigm, | 2012-12-28 | 2012-12-28 | |
| Idegu, E.U (2015) “Between Experiential Testimonial Creativity and Environmental Antagonism: Whither the Creative Conscience of the Playwright� Being a Lead Paper Presentation at the Calabar International Conference of Theatre and Media Studies | “Between Experiential Testimonial Creativity and Environmental Antagonism: Whither the Creative Conscience of the Playwright†| 2015-09-25 | 2015-09-25 | |
| the Igala Professors’ Forum Lecture Series, Abuja, Saturday 18th November, 2017. | “Interrogating the Nigerian Public Service Towards Strategic Competitive Sustainable Developmentâ€, | 2017-11-18 | 2017-11-18 |