Prof. Alex Chinwuba Asigbo is a PROFESSOR in THEATRE ARTS Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Address: | Theatre Arts, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. |
Faculty/Unit: | FACULTY OF ARTS |
Department/Sub-Unit: | THEATRE ARTS |
Degrees / Basic Certificates | |
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1 | University of Ibadan. (Doctor of Philosophy, July, 2008) July, 2003 to July, 2008 PhD Theatre Arts |
2 | University of Ibadan. (Master Degree, October, 1997) October, 1995 to July, 1997 MA Theatre Arts |
3 | University of Port Harcourt. (Bachelor Degree, April, 1994) October, 1989 to February, 1994 BA, Hons Theatre Arts |
Other / Relevant Certificates | |
1 | Virtual Institute for Capacity Building in Higher Education (October, 2021) August, 2021 to October, 2021 Credit Higher Education |
1 | Director, School of General Studies February, 2022 to Present |
2 | Dean, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka October, 2021 to October, 2014 |
3 | President, Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists November, 2017 to December, 2021 |
4 | Head, Department of Theatre and Film Studies January, 2017 to October, 2019 |
5 | Chairman/Director, TETFUND Implementation Committee June, 2016 to October, 2019 |
6 | Director, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka October, 2014 to October, 2019 |
Books | |
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1 | ASIGBO ALEX. (2023, November) Theatre Arts and National Security: Re-imaging the Nigerian Security Services for Positive Perception NARC, Vol. 45, pp 27 |
2 | Alex Asigbo. (2013, February) Fighting From The Trenches: Nigerian Playwrights and the Task of Nation BUilding Valid Publishing Company, Vol. 24 |
3 | Alex Asigbo. (2009, July) War of the Tin Gods Valid Publishing Company |
4 | Alex Asigbo. (2008, July) The Reign of Pascal Amusu Valid Publishing Company |
5 | Alex Asigbo. (2006, May) Fate of an Orphan & Obidike: The Last Warrior Valid Publishing Company |
6 | Alex Asigbo. (2005, August) Breakdown Valid Publishing Company, Vol. 1 |
7 | Alex Asigbo. (2001, April) Once Upon A School Valid Publishing Company |
Book Chapters | |
1 | Alex Asigbo, Ngozi Emmanuel. (2021, July) Reflections on the Beginnings and Development of Solo Performance in Nigeria: Implications for Knowledge Consumption Abuja University Press, pp 279-285 |
2 | Alex Asigbo, Tochukwu Okeke. (2020, June) Geographies of Conflict: Mediating Farmer-Herdsmen Conflict Through Street Theatre Routledge Press, pp 95-105 |
3 | Alex Asigbo. (2018, July) Nurturing and Sustaining the Legacy of Literary Creativity in Anambra State Nnamdi Azikiwe University Press, pp 92-96 |
4 | Alex Asigbo, Anulika Okafor. (2017, September) Costuming in Nigerian Home Videos: A Case for Effective Character Portrayal , pp 363-385 |
5 | Alex Asigbo, Eunice Ibekwe. (2015, July) An Appraisal of Harmful Traditional Practices in Contemporary Igbo Society International Theatre Institute, pp 220-232 |
6 | Alex Asigbo. (2015, July) Life Swapping and the Scape-Goat Concept in Esiaba Irobi’s The Fronded Circle: Metaphor for the Nigerian Nation Kraft Books, pp 97-105 |
7 | Alex Asigbo. (2015, July) Critical Discourse: Reviewing Mabel Ewvierhoma’s Female Empowerment and Dramatic Creativity in Nigeria Kraft Books, pp 66-69 |
8 | Alex Asigbo, Chisimdi Ihentuge. (2015, November) Between Art and Commerce: Seeking Behavioral Change in Nigeria Through Nollywood Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists, pp 256-270 |
9 | Alex Asigbo. (2013, August) Transmutations in Masquerade Costume: An Examination of Abuja Carnival 2010 Alpha Crownes, pp 3-14 |
10 | Alex Asigbo, Emmanuel Dandaura. (2012, June) Mercantilism and the Mis-application of Ritual in Nigeria’s Nollywood Entertainment Industry Performing Arts Department, pp 167-175 |
11 | Alex Asigbo. (2012, October) The Actor, Audience and the Stage in Traditional Igbo Theatre: A Holy Alliance Kraft Books, pp 76-84 |
12 | Alex Asigbo. (2012, June) Re-inventing the Wisdom of the Ancients: Moral Signposts in Mike Ejeagha’s Akuko N’egwu Rex Charles & Patrick, pp 681-690 |
13 | Alex Asigbo, Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh. (2011, June) African Literary Adventures in the 21st Century: Signposts of Radicalism in Nigerian Drama , pp 121-128 |
14 | Alex Asigbo. (2010, November) Re-imaging Nigerian Culture in an age of Terror and Globalization Kraft Books, pp 66-78 |
15 | Alex Asigbo, Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh. (2009, October) Not yet uhuru-Democratic Ideals and the Nigerian Nation: An analysis of Emma Ogo-Ochi’s The Recall and Bakare, Ojo Rasaki’s This Land Must Sacrifice Rex Charles & Patrick, pp 508-516 |
16 | Alex Asigbo. (2008, August) Skeletons in Their Cupboards: Moral and Ethical Issues in Selected Plays of Sam Ukala Kraft Books, pp 230-240 |
17 | Alex Asigbo, Tracie Utoh-Ezeajugh. (2008, November) Revolutionary Trends in Recent Nigerian Playwriting: Bakare Ojo Rasaki’s Rogbodiyan and Alex Asigbo’s War of the Tin Gods as Paradigms Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists, pp 119-131 |
18 | Alex Asigbo. (2008, June) Beyond the Feminist Question: Ideological Contradictions in Barclays Ayakoroma’s Dance on his Grave FAB ANIEH, pp 421-425 |
19 | Alex Asigbo. (2002, November) Two Faces – One Voice: Towards a Fruitful Union Between Live Theatre and the Cinematic Arts Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 73-78 |
Journal Articles | |
1 | Asigbo Alex, Ugbor Adaku. (2024, March), "Role Interpretation and Actor Training in the Nigerian Film Industry.", The Creative Artist: Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 18, (Issue 1), pp 19-35 |
2 | ASIGBO, ALEX C, AGOHA, K. A. (2023, October), "Ichoka Mythic-Folkism Theory as Revival Strategy for Live Theatre:: A Study of Kanidram", Journal of Media, Culture and Communication, Vol. 03, (Issue 06), pp 1-10 |
3 | EJIM-OBILO, C.G, ASIGBO, A.C.. (2023, May), "Language as a Means of Cultural Inclusion in Chukwuemeka Ike's Toads for Supper", Nigerian Journal of African Studies, Vol. 5, (Issue 1), pp 45-53 |
4 | ASIGBO ALEX C., AMALUKWUE L.L.. (2023, June), "The Wandering Minstrel in Contemporary Nigerian Literature: A Study of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo and Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s Poetry", Journal of Media, Culture and Communication, Vol. 3, (Issue 4), pp 1-8 |
5 | ASIGBO ALEX C., OAIKHENA A.O.. (2023, June), "Liberty and Justice: The Dialectics of Legal Positivism and Natural Law in Sophocles’ Antigone", Rajasthali, Vol. 2, (Issue 3), pp 58-63 |
6 | ASIGBO ALEX C., UDEH CHINONYE. (2023, February), "Theatre Practice in a Pandemic: Minimalism to the Rescue", Sarcouncil Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 7-12 |
7 | ASIGBO ALEX, AGOHA KELECHI. (2023, May), "Postmodernism as Quality Assurance in Live Theatre Productions", The Creative Artist: Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 17, (Issue 1), pp 1-15 |
8 | ASIGBO ALEX C., AMALUKWUE L.L.. (2022, November), "From Orality to Printed Words: The Minstrel Personae in Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo’s Heart Songs", Rajasthali Journal, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 119-124 |
9 | Alex Asigbo, Josephine Odunze. (2022, September), "History, Administration and Challenges of the Delta State Council for Arts and Culture, Nigeria", American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research, Vol. 6, (Issue 9), pp 40-46 |
10 | Alex Asigbo, Doris Aniagboso. (2022, October), "Creative Acting and the Sam Dede Phenomenon", Journal of Arts and Communication, Vol. 2, (Issue 2) |
11 | Alex Asigbo, Amaka Maduike. (2022, July), "Social Awareness and Disillusionment in Joe Ushie’s Hillsongs and A Reign of Locusts", Awka Journal of English Language and Literary Studies, Vol. 8, (Issue 2), pp 30-39 |
12 | Alex Asigbo, Josephine Odunze. (2022, April), "Towards A Synergy Between Dance Pedagogy and Praxis for National Development.", ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 1-6 |
13 | Alex Asigbo, Osakue Omoera, Biola Adumati. (2021, October), "Editorial: Theatrequakes.", Theatre Scholarship Dialogue Series, Vol. 3, (Issue 1) |
14 | Alex Asigbo, Alexander Amete. (2021, October), "Paradox of Patriarchy in Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus – Making a Case for a Paradigm Shift", The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 15, (Issue 2), pp 135-152 |
15 | Alex Asigbo, Eugene Dike. (2021, October), "Film as Therapy for Neurosis: A Psychoanalytical Evaluation of Kunle Afolayan’s October 1", The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 15, (Issue 2), pp 73-89 |
16 | Alex Asigbo. (2021, July), "Performance Contexts of Rituals in Transition: The Ikeji Masquerade Festival of Arondizuogu as Paradigm", Journal of Media, Culture and Communication, Vol. 1, (Issue 02), pp 16-27 |
17 | Alex Asigbo, Anthony Nnalue. (2021, July), "Cybertech: Towards a Virtual Theatre for Development", The Quint: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly Journal from the North, Vol. 13, (Issue 4), pp 182-206 |
18 | Alex Asigbo, Chukwuemeka Onuoha. (2021, June), "Economic Consciousness in Nigerian Universities as a Survival Strategy in a Recession and Post-Pandemic Era.: A Study of Uniport and Unizik Theatres", The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 15, (Issue 1), pp 58-74 |
19 | Alex Asigbo, Lucy Odusina. (2020, July), "Female Rebellion and Mariticide in Utoh and Oyedepo’s Dramatic Construct", IMSU Theatre Journal, Vol. 5, (Issue 1), pp 2224-235 |
20 | Alex Asigbo, Osakue Omoera, Biola Adumati. (2020, September), "Editorial: Theatre Scholarship on the Wings of Technology", Theatre Scholarship Dialogue Series, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 1-4 |
21 | Alex Asigbo, Canice Nwosu. (2019, October), "Sowing for the Reapers: The Igbo, Nigerian Project and Nollywood Harvests", Nigeria Theatre Journal, Vol. 19, (Issue 3), pp 28-38 |
22 | Alex Asigbo, Abiola Adumati. (2019, September), "Preface", Theatre Scholarship Dialogue Series, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp v-x |
23 | Alex Asigbo, Doris Aniagboso. (2017, November), "The Media, Minstrels and African Traditional Values", The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 11, (Issue 2), pp 36-47 |
24 | Alex Asigbo, Kelechi S. Ogbonna. (2017, May), "Theatre and Cultural Education as Panacea for Nigeria's Fractured Peace: Ofo n' Ógu as Paradigm", UJAH: UNIZIK Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 18, (Issue 1), pp 1-18 |
25 | Alex Asigbo. (2016, May), "The Playwright as an Environmentalist: A Reading of Mbajiorgu’s Wake up Everyone", New Frontiers: A Journal in the Humanities, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 194-203 |
26 | Alex Asigbo, Doris Aniagboso. (2016, June), "Gender Violence and Violation of Human Rights in Select Nigerian Home Videos", The Abuja Communicator, Vol. 1, (Issue 9), pp 61-85 |
27 | Alex Asigbo, Tochukwu Okeke. (2014, June), "Tradition and Talent in Artistic Creativity: A Study of Selected Igbo Folk Artists", The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 8, (Issue 2), pp 15-24 |
28 | Alex Asigbo, Tochukwu Okeke. (2013, May), "Recent Nigerian Playwriting and the Collapse of Ideology", The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 7, (Issue 1), pp 1-12 |
29 | Alex Asigbo. (2012, June), "Transmutations in Masquerade Costume: An Examination of Abuja Carnival 2010", UJAH: UNIZIK Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 12, (Issue 1), pp 1-12 |
30 | Alex Asigbo, Canice Nwosu, Olympus Ejue. (2010, August), "Eradicating Discriminatory Practices against Women: The Reign of Wazobia and the Broken Calabash as Paradigms", Makurdi Journal of Arts and Culture, Vol. 8, (Issue 1), pp 73-85 |
31 | Alex Asigbo. (2010, October), "Africanizing Ibsen: Tracie Utoh- Ezeajugh’s Nneora: An African Doll’s House as a Paradigm.", Forum for World Literature Studies, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 140-149 |
32 | Alex Asigbo. (2010, June), "An Antidote for the Venom: A Re-Reading of E.S. Dandaura’s Venom for Venom", The Crab: A Journal of Theatre and Media Arts, Vol. 1, (Issue 6), pp 1-10 |
33 | Alex Asigbo. (2009, June), "Oral Performance as Siren: The Example of Ozoemena Nwa Nsugbe”", The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 19-32 |
34 | Alex Asigbo. (2009, July), "Oral Performance as Therapy: The Example of Perry-Como Okoye", African Performance Review, Vol. 1, (Issue 4), pp 74-85 |
35 | Alex Asigbo, Emeka Nwosu. (2008, July), "Feminist Aesthetics and The Womanist Agenda: A Re-Reading of Zulu Sofola’s The Sweet Trap", The Artiste: A Journal of Theatre Studies and the Humanities, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 19-25 |
36 | Alex Asigbo, Christian Ekwunife. (2006, October), "From Passing Hats to the Stock Exchange: Positive Thoughts on Theatre as Business in Nigeria", The Performer: Ilorin Journal of the Performing Arts, Vol. 8, (Issue 1), pp 176-181 |
37 | Alex Asigbo. (2006, October), "Re-Appraising the Form and Vision of Dark Comedy for 21st Century Nigeria: Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot as a Paradigm", The Crab: Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 29-36 |
38 | Alex Asigbo. (2005, June), "Deconstructing the Practice of Community Theatre in Nigeria", The Performer: Ilorin Journal of the Performing Arts, Vol. 7, (Issue 1), pp 104-109 |
39 | Alex Asigbo, Cyprian Obadiegwu. (2005, June), "Theatre for Social Work: The UNIZIK Theatre Experience", UJAH: UNIZIK Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 6, (Issue 1), pp 81-90 |
40 | Alex Asigbo. (2005, June), "Developing and Sustaining Theatre Practice Igbo land: The Example of Nwuba Odili", Nigerian Theatre Journal, Vol. 8, (Issue 1), pp 184-192 |
41 | Alex Asigbo, Emma Ebo. (2003, June), "Dramatizing Death: Theatrical Dimensions of a titled man’s Burial in Onitsha: Lessons for National Development", Theatre Experience: A Journal of contemporary Theatre Practice, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 62-67 |
42 | Alex Asigbo. (2003, June), "Between the Talking Drum and the Flute: A Semiotic Appraisal of Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman and Esiaba Irobi’s Nwokedi.", Awka Journal of Research in Music and Arts, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 104-108 |
43 | Alex Asigbo. (2003, July), "Beyond Adaptation: Socio-Cultural Questions in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame.", Theatre Experience: A Journal of Contemporary Theatre Practice, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 104-108 |
44 | Alex Asigbo. (2002, September), "Enter the New Breed Feminist: Feminism in Postcolonial Nigeria: The Example of Tracie Chima Utoh", Matatu Journal of African Cultures, Visual Arts, and the Museum: Sights/Sites of Creativity and Conflict, Vol. 25, pp 265-272 |
45 | Emma Danduara, Alex Asigbo. (2002, May), "Re- engineering Live Theatre Patronage in Nigeria of the Twenty First Century", The Abuja Communicator, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 154-177 |
46 | Alex Asigbo, Emeka Nwosu. (2002, July), "Before his Very eyes: An Analysis of the Philosophy and Aesthetics of Wole Soyinka", Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 1, (Issue 5), pp 126-136 |
47 | Alex Asigbo. (2002, May), "The role of Theatre in Developmental Psychology", The Theatre Experience, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 30-36 |
48 | Alex Asigbo. (2001, June), "Mirroring a State – Low male enrolment in schools in Anambra state: An analysis of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University theatre campaign at Amansea", UJAH: UNIZIK Journal of Arts and Humanities, Vol. 3, pp 189-197 |
49 | Alex Asigbo. (2000, May), "Cultural issues in Nigerian Theatre Management", Nigeria Theatre Journal, Vol. 6, (Issue 1), pp 64-69 |
50 | Emma Danduara, Alex Asigbo. (1999, June), "Dry Bones Shall Live Again: Resuscitating Live Theatre in the new Millennium", Nigeria Theatre Journal, Vol. 5, (Issue 2), pp 51-57 |
51 | Alex Asigbo. (1999, May), "Towards a Theory of Adaptation in Nigerian Theatre of the new Millennium", Nigeria Theatre Journal, Vol. 5, (Issue 2), pp 32-39 |
1 | Fellow Member, "Nigerian Academy of Letters" - 00168 (member since 2015), https://www.nalonline.org.ng |
2 | Full Member, "International Association of Theatre Critics" (member since 2010), https://www.iatc.org |
3 | Full Member, "African Theatre Association" (member since 2008), https://www.africantheatreassociation.org |
4 | Fellow Member, "Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists" - 031 (member since 1999), https://www.sonta.org |
5 | Fellow Member, "Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists" - 031 (member since 1999), https://www.sonta.org |