Crowthernization of Yoruba Deified Dramatic Performance: Sango and Bata Dance Example
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Abstract
The deification of Yoruba dramatic performances is both artistic and functional. It fulfilled one or more of several functions - sacred or profane, personal or communal, serious or satirical. However, the understanding of the deification of Yoruba dramatic performances through the lens or framework of the West has been a topical issue among African scholars and beyond. This work, therefore, studied the profanation of deified dramatic performances among the Yoruba people using bata dance and sango as examples within the context of the peculiarity and particularity of African religion.
More important is that the profanation, reduction to entertainment and misinterpretation have led to a misunderstanding of the functions of these deified performances. This research would employ an anthropological approach in its investigation to question of profanation of Yoruba dramatic performances. The phenomenological approach of enquiry would further be employed in the study of Sango and Bata dance as artistic and functional deified dramatic performance.
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