ADAPTATION AND GLOBALISATION IN MODERN AFRICAN DRAMATIC TRADITION FOR ACHIEVING CULTURAL LITERACY IN A DEVELOPING NATION

IGBOAMUCHEY, G. M. O and EZE IFESINACHI
Publisher: JOTERD {"id":5,"volume_name":"Vol 5 Number 1","created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"url":"volumes\/5.jpg"} (1): 1: doi: 1 Published in 2017

In the past, Africans attach value to the transmission of their values and norms to their younger generation. This was clone through oral traditions such as storytelling, songs, lullabies, riddles / plays and lots more. This emphasized continuity and cultural preservation. Cultural transmission aims at producing a generation who will sustain the community’s values with honesty, perseverance, diligence, good community and brotherly relations. Globalization in the context of this work is the integration of culture and values among nations. Literary artists act as agents of powerful globalizing of cultures of various regions of the globe. This paper therefore discussed some African authors who are perfect hybrid or English and African traditions thematically and in essence who have successfully drawn very derivatively from some global plays to establish meaningful dialogue with scholars within the society and globally. Thus, the impression of this paper is that globalization and adaptation is inevitably desirable since it promotes increasing global awareness and interdependency and the emergency of transnational civil society. Keywords: Adaptation, Globalization, Dramatic, Tradition, Cultural Literacy.

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