Prof. Charles Emeka Nwadigwe

Prof. Charles Emeka Nwadigwe is a PROFESSOR in THEATRE ARTS AND FILM STUDIES Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Prof. Charles Emeka Nwadigwe

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Charles Emeka Nwadigwe is a Professor of Theatre and Film Technology. He hails from Ikem-Ivite community in Anambra East LGA, Anambra State. He studied at the Universities of Jos and Calabar where he earned his Degrees. A Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (FNAL), National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (FTA), Institute of Policy Management Development (FIPMD), Prof. Nwadigwe was the first Ph.D holder and first Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film Studies, UNIZIK. He has held several professional, leadership and administrative positions. He was a former HOD, Dean of Faculty, President-General of his Community, and currently the Director of International Collaboration and Linkages, UNIZIK. He has taught in many Universities and won many awards of excellence. He is listed in Who is Who in World Scenography (2005). He is a Senior Consultant on Arts, Culture, and the Creative Industries and a Resource Person to several organisations and Agencies.

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Theatre Arts And Film Studies, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
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FACULTY OF ARTS
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THEATRE ARTS AND FILM STUDIES

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Books
1Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2026, August) Performance Venues and Theatre Technology New Life Publishers, ISBN: 978-978-61178-1-2, pp 290pp.
2Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2025, November) Community Service Scorecard: Four Years of Uncommon Transformation in Ikem-Ivite Community Flashback Publications, pp 43pp.
3Nwadigwe, C.E & Bamuturaki, K.. (2024, October) Voyages in Postcolonial African Theatre Practice Cambridge Scholars Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-5275-6755-9, pp 274pp.
Book Chapters
1Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2024, October) “From Stage Space to Video Space and Back: Multimedia Performance and Audience Engineering in a Contemporary African Environment” In: The Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance .Ed. Kene Igweonu Routledge, ISBN:978-1-032-00840-0, pp 186 – 200
2Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2024, October) “Performance Venue and the Politics of Censorship in Select Postcolonial Nigerian Theatres” in Charles Nwadigwe & Keneth Bamuturaki (eds.), Voyages in Postcolonial African Theatre Practice. Cambridge Scholars Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-5275-6755-9, pp 143-161
3Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2020, October) “The Media and Cultural Politics: Representations of Gender in Nigerian Broadcast Commercials” in Gboyega Kolawole & Sule Egya (eds.), A Graceful Woman of Great Discerning: A Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Mabel Evwierhoma University of Abuja Press, pp 144-165
4Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2019, November) “Culture and National Security: A Community-Based Agenda for Traditional Institutions” in Emeka Nwabueze and Barclays Ayakoroma (eds.), Culture of Peace and National Security in Nigeria: Critical Perspectives, Krafts Books, pp 128-142
5Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2018, April) “Creativity and New Technologies: Piracy, Politics, and the Business of Cultural Production in Nigeria” in Toyin Falola and Kenneth Kalu (eds.), Africa and the World: Challenges of Globalization, Governance, and Creativity, Palgrave Macmillan, pp 183-204
6Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2018, June) “Sex, Power and the Occult in Nigerian Cultural Production” in Joy Eyisi, Charles Nwadigwe & Luke Enendu (eds), The Teacher of Teachers: A Festschrift for Dan Uwandu. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, pp 41-60
7Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2014, September) Cultural Promotion and the Economics of Theatre: The Ogonna Agu Perspective”.in Charles Nwadigwe, Molinta Enendu & Canice Nwosu (eds.), Metaphors and Climax: Reminiscences on the Drama and Theatre of Ogona Agu.. Adonis and Abbey, pp 39-56
8Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2014, December) The Old Masters: Set Design & Udoji: Set Design” in Eric Fielding and Peter McKinnon (eds.), World Scenography: 1990 – 2005 Organisation of International Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT), pp 201 & 369
9Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2014, July) African Drama Review: Sony Oti”s The Old Masters, Sam Ukala”s Akpakaland & “Zulu Sofola”s Wedlock of the Gods” in Ebele Eko (ed.), Masterpieces of African Literature, Mace Books/Sunbird Africa Media Press, pp 459-465; 478-484
10Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2012, March) “Duro Oni and Multimedia Approach to Stage Production” in S. Ododo (ed.), Fireworks for a Lighting Aesthetician: Essays and Tributes in Honour of Duro Oni @ 60 Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC), ISBN: 978-978--51156-5-9, pp 29-38
11Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2011, November) “Kalu Uka”s Creation and Creativity… A Critique of the Critical” in E. Johnson and S. Inegbe (eds.), A Road Well-Conquered: Kalu Uka, Literature and Pedagogy Evangel Press, ISBN: 978-0-9566837-7-9, pp 97-113
12Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2010, August) “Performing Arts Technology in a Globalized Village: Imperatives for the African Theatre.” In: A. Chiegboka et al (eds.), Globalization and the Humanities in the 3rd Millennium Rex Charles & Patrick Publishers, pp 406-413
13Nwadigwe, C.E. & Nwadigwe, F.A.. (2009, October) “Clipped Wings: The Portrayal of Women and Democracy in the Nigerian Video-film.” In: A. Chiegboka, C. Nwadigwe & C. Umezinwa (eds.), The Humanities and Nigeria”s Democratic Experience Rex Charles & Patrick Publishers, ISBN 978-978-49416-0-0, pp 482-490
Journal Articles
1Nwadigwe F. A. & Nwadigwe, C. E.. (2024, April), "“Theatre and Albinism in Southeastern Nigeria: Centralizing the Margins in a Changing Social System”,", Interdisciplinary Journal of African and Asian Studies, Vol. 10, (Issue -1), pp 1-9
2Ukoha, J.E. & Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2023, August), "“Lighting Theatre Productions in Non-Conventional Spaces: When Women Go Naked and The Village Lamb as Case Study”.", Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 17, (Issue 2), pp 85-98
3Nwadigwe, C.E. & Ilukwe, E.E.. (2021, September), "“Copyright Law and the Challenge of Piracy on Nollywood Business”.", Ama: Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies, Vol. 15, (Issue 1), pp 154-165
4Ekwunife, T.N, & Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2020, March), "“Communicating Social and Development Issues Through Theatre for Development (TFD): A Study of Eziokwu-Bu- Ndu Project”.", Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Vol. 14, (Issue 2), pp 132-150
5Nwadigwe, F.A. and Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2016, April), "Design, Technology and Human Capital: Exploring the Paradigm Shift in Contemporary Nigerian Carnival Performance", African Performance Review, Vol. 8, (Issue 2), pp 44-60, DOI: https://doi.org/10.30817/082.apr0141
6Nwadigwe, C.E.. and Nwadigwe, F.A... (2015, August), "We Will Think About It”: Drama, Curriculum and Transformative Learning in South-Eastern Nigeria", Applied Theatre Research, Vol. 3, (Issue 2), pp 177-192, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/atr.3.2.177_1
7Nwadigwe, F.A. and Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2014, March), "Can These Wings Fly? Dramatic Representation of Women and the Elite Syndrome in Nigeria”s Political Space", Epasa Moto: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Arts, Letters and the Humanities of the University of Buea., Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 137-156
8Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2012, August), "" “This is the Finger of Music”: Meki Nzewi and Perspectives Toward a Total Theatre in Africa"", The Anthropologist: International Journal of Contemporary and Applied Studies of Man, Vol. 9, pp 31-37
9Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2012, October), "Body, Space, and Technology: Interrogating Unconventionality in Postmodern African Dance Theatre", African Performance Review, Vol. 6, (Issue 2), pp 27-42
10Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2012, November), "Theatre for Development: An Alternative Programme for Reproductive Health Communication in Urban Nigeria", African Sociological Review, Vol. 16, (Issue 2), pp 102-118
11Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2010, February), "“Freedom of Speech and Expression: The Rising Voices of African-American Female Dramatists”.", Ama: Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies, Vol. 5, (Issue 1), pp 121-140
12Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2009, June), "“Superfluity in Visual Design: A Technical Evaluation of Special Effects in Selected Nigerian Video-films”", Ama: Journal of Theatre and Cultural Studies,, Vol. 4, (Issue 1), pp 97 -114
Conference Papers
1Nwadigwe, C.E.. (2009, September), "“Discordant Tunes: Town Unions, State-Controlled Mass Media and the Empowerment of Civil Society in Southeastern Nigeria", UNESCO Chair on "Urban Policies and Citizenship", pp 1-16, École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE