DGN has Released Order of Paper Presentation for Maiden Conference currently ongoing at the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub Benin City, Airport Road, Edo State.
Theme for the conference is “Charting New African Narratives”.
The conference will run from July 13 to 15.
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DGN MAIDEN CONFERENCE
ORDER OF PAPER PRESENTATION
12.00 Noon – 12.20 p.m.
Dateline Nollywood—Wanted: Directors Who See with The Ears and Hear with The
Eyes!
Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi
12.20 – 12.30 p.m.
Introspective Gender Struggle in Body Bag, An Autobiographical Nollywood Film
Professor Osakue Stevenson Omoera and Dr. Maureen Ngozika Ndu
12.30 – 12.40 p.m.
Auteurist Approach in the Selected Films of Tunde Kelani
Abdul-qaudir Joy Akinola
12.40 – 12.50 p.m.
Professionalism as an Aid to Character Profiling in Nollywood Films: Ramsey Nouah and Kenneth Okonkwo in Focus
Chibuike M. Abunike
12.50 – 1.00 p.m.
Auteurism in Nollywood: Teco Benson as Paradigm
Dr. Anthony Echefunachukwu Ugwu
1.00 – 1.10 p.m.
Boundaries Limitlessness and the Fortune of Independent Movie Producers. A Study of Rivers State Movies Industry
Professor Samuel Ogunbiyi
1.10 – 1.20 p.m.
Developing Indigenous Theories Through Ebullient Performing Arts Design and Technology: Okon Udofot’s Determination as a Paradigm
Associate Professor Jacob, Okon Udofot
1.20 – 1.30 p.m.
Exploiting The Potential of Nollywood, Promoting Nigeria’s Cultural Diplomacy Professor Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma and Azubuike Erinugha
1.30 – 1.40 p.m.
Folktales Within the City Space: The Woman as Narrator and the Woman Within the Folktale Narrative Space
Mary Nkemdilim Ogboh
1.40 – 1.50 p.m.
Nollywood Marketization and Boundaries Limitlessness: Indigenous Aesthetics, Digital Perspectives
Hussaini U. Tsaku and Ruth Tilley Gyado
1.50 – 2.00 p.m.
Nollywood: Waiting for Miguel Sabido
Nkem Catherine Ikeh
2.00 – 2.10 p.m.
Against the Spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria
Associate Professor Edward Sani Ossai and Professor Anyebe Ted Anyebe
2.10 – 2.20 p.m.
Towards a Theorization of Communal War Sub-Genre of Action Film in Nollywood: A Critical Study of Selected Films
Dr. Iloma, Nyenwemaduka Richard
2.20 – 2.30 p.m.
The Generic Conventions of Kunle Afolayan Films
Wammanda Robinson Usaku
2.030 – 2.40 p.m.
Woman at the Centre: Revisiting Nollywood Narratives on Moneymaking Ritual Films
Dr. Emily Oghale God’spresence
2.40 – 2.50 p.m.
Communicating Through Image Distortions in Nollywood Narratives
Dr. Uchechukwu Chimezie Ajiwe and Stella Uchenna Nwofor
2.50 – 3.00 p.m.
Nollywood Hybridity and Transnationalism: Comparative Analyses of Namasta Wahala and Wedding Party
Emem Isong Misodi
3.00 – 3.10 p.m.
Gendered Landscape of Nollywood and Female Directors: Challenging Gender Narratives and Status Quo
Professor Irene Isoken Agunloye and Darlington Olamire Amorighoye
3.10 – 3.20 p.m.
Sociocultural Relevance and Benefits as Bane of the Nigerian Film (Nollywood) Industry
Professor Solomon Ikibe
3.20 – 3.30 p.m.
Two Ordinary Women of Golden Voices: A Reading of Binwana Gazuwa’s Gambo Sawaba
Professor Emmanuel Emasealu

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