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International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development

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Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance [NPTA] Further Dimension in Trends of Alternative Theatre Practice in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Samuel Okoronkwo Chukwu-Okoronkwo

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This study is sequel to “Trends in the Development of Alternative Theatre Practice: The Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria Example”. Unarguably, development in trends in the practice of Alternative Theatre in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria has been established from the foregoing study to have been dictated and directed by emergent constraints/limitations in the process. It is this transitional development, therefore, which was initiated on the platform of the Samaru Project, and then progressed into the Community Theatre, that ultimately gave rise to Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance [NPTA], a Non Governmental Organisation [NGO] that is not, however, bound by the university thrust to work with communities, using theatre as a tool for development. This study, therefore, focuses on Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance [NPTA] as a further dimension in trends of Alternative Theatre practice in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, to examine its role in the vanguard of Theatre for Development in a culturally pluralistic nation like Nigeria.

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In-Text Citation: (Chukwu-Okoronkwo, 2012)
To Cite this Article: Chukwu-Okoronkwo, S. O. (2012). Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance [NPTA] Further Dimension in Trends of Alternative Theatre Practice in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 1(1), 207–215.