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Israel Wepke sits down with Eseovwe Emakunu to discuss the process of making theatre with All Saints Seminary, Uhiele.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u002228044\u0022 about=\u0022\/theatre-partner-environmental-sustainability-awareness-delta-state-nigeria\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2025-09\/image_1.webp?itok=ZhQeSH55 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2025-09\/image_1.png?itok=ZhQeSH55 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/png\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2025-09\/image_1.png?itok=ZhQeSH55 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022238\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2025-09\/image_1.png?itok=Gefu5Nxc\u0022 alt=\u0022Four people in white cloth dresses on stage.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/theatre-partner-environmental-sustainability-awareness-delta-state-nigeria\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003ETheatre as a Partner in Environmental Sustainability Awareness in Delta State, Nigeria\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E11 September 2025\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo raise awareness of environmentally destructive behaviors in their community, faculty and students at Dennis Osadebay University adapted a poem about ending cultural pollution into a play about the consequences of environmental pollution. In this essay, members of the team reflect on this production and its efficacy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u002227731\u0022 about=\u0022\/shanty-theatre-takes-ijele-masquerade-performance\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2025-06\/e_emakunu_1.webp?itok=yT-cfQA3 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2025-06\/e_emakunu_1.jpg?itok=yT-cfQA3 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/jpeg\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2025-06\/e_emakunu_1.jpg?itok=yT-cfQA3 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022212\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2025-06\/e_emakunu_1.jpg?itok=_Yd4iLln\u0022 alt=\u0022A colorful stage presentation.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/shanty-theatre-takes-ijele-masquerade-performance\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EShanty Theatre Takes on the Ijele Masquerade Performance\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E11 June 2025\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team at Shanty Theatre dove deep into Igbo mask and masquerade traditions to stage the largest of them all: the Ijele Masquerade. Angelea Okolo and Eseovwe Emakunu detail the research and creative process they used to bring the masquerade to Benin City, Nigeria.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u002226583\u0022 about=\u0022\/how-one-nigerian-theatre-project-turned-students-climate-activists\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2024-06\/e_emakunu1.webp?itok=0FknBSXr 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2024-06\/e_emakunu1.jpg?itok=0FknBSXr 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/jpeg\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2024-06\/e_emakunu1.jpg?itok=0FknBSXr 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022255\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2024-06\/e_emakunu1.jpg?itok=7t9NMLGU\u0022 alt=\u0022A group of primary school students pose for a picture outside.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/how-one-nigerian-theatre-project-turned-students-climate-activists\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EHow One Nigerian Theatre Project Turned Students into Climate Activists\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E5 June 2024\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EEseovwe Emakunu and Anita Anoma of Shanty Theatre recently launched a campaign that brought together primary school performers and university audiences for a dance drama performance about climate change. They discuss the creative process and impact of this performance project, which catalyzed action and learning about the impact of climate change and deforestation in Nigeria.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u002225064\u0022 about=\u0022\/interrogating-politics-oppression-struggle\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2024-01\/e_emakunu_1_1.webp?itok=aJ8biP7F 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2024-01\/e_emakunu_1_1.jpg?itok=aJ8biP7F 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/jpeg\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2024-01\/e_emakunu_1_1.jpg?itok=aJ8biP7F 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022227\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2024-01\/e_emakunu_1_1.jpg?itok=rVl9sgJU\u0022 alt=\u0022An actress sings passionately during a performance.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/interrogating-politics-oppression-struggle\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EInterrogating the Politics of Oppression in \u003Cem\u003EThe Struggle\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E4 January 2024\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDan Kpodoh\u2019s \u003Cem\u003EThe Struggle\u003C\/em\u003E dramatizes governmental and corporate exploitation in the oil-rich Niger Delta by telling the story of a group of militants who sought liberation but became corrupted by financial interests. Eseovwe Emakunu, a Nigerian theatre professional, interviews Kpodoh about the play\u2019s function as protest theatre against political oppression.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u002224421\u0022 about=\u0022\/reengineering-education-adagbabiri-community-through-theatre-development\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2023-08\/e_emakunu_2.webp?itok=xD5bFF0p 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2023-08\/e_emakunu_2.jpg?itok=xD5bFF0p 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/jpeg\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2023-08\/e_emakunu_2.jpg?itok=xD5bFF0p 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022191\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2023-08\/e_emakunu_2.jpg?itok=QLOIaFTu\u0022 alt=\u0022A troupe of dancers in formation mid-performance smile.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/reengineering-education-adagbabiri-community-through-theatre-development\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EReengineering Education in the Adagbabiri Community Through Theatre for Development\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E17 August 2023\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEseovwe Emakunu and Dennis U. Obire, co-founders of the Shanty Theatre, chronicle their work in the Adagbabiri Community in Bayelsa State, which is one of the most educationally deprived states in Nigeria. Using a theatre for development model, the group worked with local children to create a performance that demonstrated the importance of education in the social development of a community and nation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u002221804\u0022 about=\u0022\/exposing-ills-forced-marriage-women-and-young-girls-nigeria-through-theatre\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2022-05\/e_emakunu_2.webp?itok=DOCYglbq 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2022-05\/e_emakunu_2.jpg?itok=DOCYglbq 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/jpeg\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2022-05\/e_emakunu_2.jpg?itok=DOCYglbq 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022227\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2022-05\/e_emakunu_2.jpg?itok=JR0wOjwC\u0022 alt=\u0022Five men in white robes sitting in a semi-circle.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/exposing-ills-forced-marriage-women-and-young-girls-nigeria-through-theatre\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EExposing the Ills of Forced Marriage of Women and Young Girls in Nigeria Through the Theatre\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E16 May 2022\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn 2021, Nigerian director Josephine Awele Odunze directed a powerful production of \u003Cem\u003EWedlock of the Gods\u003C\/em\u003E by Zulu Sofola. Odunze sits down with Eseovwe Emakunu to discuss the play\u2019s connections to issues Nigerian women face today, as well as her hopes that theatre can contribute to attaining true gender parity in Nigeria.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022views-row\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  data-history-node-id=\u002221270\u0022 about=\u0022\/thinking-through-racism-nigerian-theatres-response\u0022 class=\u0022view-mode-profile view-mode-profile--node-type-essay node node--type-essay node--view-mode-profile\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022node__content\u0022\u003E\n    \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser-card\u0022\u003E\n  \n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E    \u003Cpicture\u003E\n                  \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2022-01\/untitled_design_8.webp?itok=Bf22QDKD 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/webp\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n              \u003Csource srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2022-01\/untitled_design_8.png?itok=Bf22QDKD 1x\u0022 type=\u0022image\/png\u0022 width=\u0022650\u0022 height=\u0022366\u0022\/\u003E\n                  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022eager\u0022 srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/650w_x_366h\/public\/2022-01\/untitled_design_8.png?itok=Bf22QDKD 1x\u0022 width=\u0022340\u0022 height=\u0022227\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_small\/public\/2022-01\/untitled_design_8.png?itok=QrevyVxF\u0022 alt=\u0022Several people dancing together in a room.\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/picture\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022group-content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Ca href=\u0022\/thinking-through-racism-nigerian-theatres-response\u0022 class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--tile-link\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022hidden\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E \u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-pseudo-field field-pseudo-field--content-type-label field-pseudo-field--content-type-label--essay\u0022\u003EEssay\u003C\/div\u003E\n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-title-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch3\u003EThinking Through Racism: Nigerian Theatre\u2019s Response\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E11 January 2022\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n            \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-teaser-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEseovwe Emakunu sits down with theatre practitioner Israel Wekpe to discuss how he and other Nigerian theatre artists use theatre to address racism and discrimination.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n  \n      \n          \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]