Abstract

This paper examines Arugba, a film based on cultural imperatives of Osun festival. The film takes its title from the cognomen of the votary maiden (Arugba) of Osun deity, Yemoja; to espouse the political intrigues and adversaries in a city-state called Ilu-Nla. The paper extenuates the politics and praxis in the film by juxtaposing it with the post-independent experiences in Nigeria as a former colony. Filmographic analysis and library materials are used in interrogating postcolonial theory of ‘Writing Back’ and subsumed it into what Arun Mukherjee called ‘Writing Home’. The filmmaker, in the use of linguistic narratives, thematic explorations, characterization and filmic aesthetics, offers a critique of politics and praxis in Nigeria. It is equally discovered that bad leaders, their sycophants and corrupt individuals in the socio-political situations are the bane of development in all its ramifications.

Key Words: Arugba, Politics and Praxis, Postcolonial Theories, Nigeria,  Postcolony.

^JCMRJournal of Communication and Media Research, Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2014, 161 – 171 

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About the author

*Dr. Yemi Atanda, Ph. D.,  is a lecturer in the Department of the Performing Arts, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Kwara State University, Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria.

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