BAKARE Babatunde Allen
Email address(es): bbakare@oauife.edu.ng & tundebakare1@yahoo.com
Office Address: Dramatic Arts Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9337-4356
Academic Qualifications: Ph.D. in Drama and Theatre Studies (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), M.Phil. (University of Oslo), Norway, B.A (Hons)in Dramatic Arts, (OAU Ile-Ife), Nigeria.
Areas of Specialization: Directing, Dramatic Literature, African Performance, Media Production, Theatre History
Title of M.A. Thesis: Ibsen in Nigerian Theatre and Drama Schools; Dramatic Arts Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria as a Case Study.
Title of Ph.D. Thesis: A Critical Inquiry Into the Evolution of Socio-Political Performances in Traditional Nigeria Yoruba Alarinjo and Contemporary Itinerant Theatre Through a Review of Selected Works of Hubert Ogunde, Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi and Femi Osofisan.
Scholarships:
Full Sponsorship (Travel Grant, Accommodation and other Expenses) by the AHRC’ Research Networking Scheme to attend Playing with Intimacy and Intensity Conference at Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, London, November 16, 2019. Organised by Gareth White and Bruce Barton.
Prince Claus Fund to attend the Annual Conference of International Federation for Theatre Research, Osaka University, Japan (2011).
Theatre Studies Departmental Bursary for Ph.D Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (2009-2010).
International Federation for Theatre’s (IFTR) Bursary Awards to Attend their Annual Conferences at Stellenbosch, South Africa (2007), South Korea (2008), and Munich, Germany (2010).
Daar Communications Plc, African Independent Television (AIT)’s Sponsorship to Attend ‘The UNESCO Congress on Arts Education’, Seoul, South Korea (2010).
Prince Claus Fund to Attend “Confluences 5” (High Culture, Mass Culture, Urban Culture- Whose Dance?) University of Cape Town, (2008).
Prince Claus Fund to attend ‘The Intercultural Theatre Conference “East meets West”, Khartoum, Sudan (2007).
John Mac-Grath Scholarship for Theatre Studentship, Scottish Universities’ International Summer School, Edinburgh, Scotland (2005).
The Norwegian Quota Scheme (Lanekassen) for M.Phil. In Ibsen Studies, University
Ongoing Current Research:
Bakare, B.A, (2024) Satire and Political Commentary: A Pedagogics of Wole Soyinka and Dario Fo’s Selected Works. Accepted by OLOGE LASUED International Journal of Humanities Education (OLIJHE), Vol.1 (2).
Bakare, B.A, (2024) Representation of Nordic Theatre and Drama Through Some Selected Ibsen and Strindberg Plays in Nigeria. Submitted to Nordic Theatre Journal.
Bakare, B.A & Olowojaiye, R., (2024) Wole Soyinka’s Contribution to the Evolution of Socio-Political Theatre and Performance in Nigeria. Submitted to FUOYE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE (JCHSS).
Bakare, B.A, (2024) Dialectics of Myth and Theatre Performances in Nigeria: Femi Osofisan’s Adventure in the Forest of a Thousand Daemons. Accepted by Brill Publishers.
Publications:
Chapters in Books
Bakare, B.A. (2017). How to Speak Effectively in Public. In G.O. Olutayo, T.A. Banji, B.O. Idowu-Faith & K.A. Ayoola (Eds.), Use of English Manual for Universities and Colleges, A Student-Centered Approach (pp. 336-348). Ile-Ife: Olivetree Publishing Ventures.
Bakare, B.A., (2012). Ibsen in Nigerian Theatre: Dramatic Arts Department, Obafemi Awolowo Ile-Ife, Osun State as a Case Study, in Ibsen Across Cultures (Jian, S., & Helland, F., Eds., pp. 406-432). Fudan University Press.
Bakare, B.A., (2009). Theatre and women in Nigeria Part 1: The silence of female artists in theatre in the Northern part – religious, cultural and traditional limitation In performing gender in Arabic/African theatre. Between cultures, between gender (Kolk, M., Ed., pp. 87-94). Institute for Theatre Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Bakare, B.A., (2009). Theatre and Women in Nigeria: Women represented in drama – Ola Rotimi’s “Our husband has gone mad again” and Ibsen’s “Doll house” as inter-text. In performing gender in Arabic/African theatre. Between cultures, between gender (Kolk, M., Ed., pp. 95-106). Institute for Theatre Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Published Journal Articles
Bakare, B.A, (2024) Social Imaginaries and Artistic Connectivity in Nigeria During the Anti-Police Brutality #EndSARS Movement. Performance Research, issue 29.2. Pp. 1-4
Bakare, B.A, Folajimi, P, Fakeye, D. & Ogidan, R. (2022) Decolonizing the Returned Benin Cultural Treasures: Ola Rotimi’s Ovonranmwen Nogbaisi. Accepted by Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, Federal University, Lafia, Nassarawa State.
Bakare, B. A & Donatella, B., (2023) Sociocultural Significance of Costumes in Performances of Traditional Yoruba Alarinjo Theatre and Their Relationship to Egungun Ritual. Studies in Costume & Performance. No.8 (1), Pp. 35-51.
Bakare, B.A., (2022) The Dramaturgy of Ola Rotimi. South African Theatre Journal. No.35 (2), Pp.131-141.
Akinwunmi, A.S & Bakare, B.A., (2020) Yoruba Invectives in Ayinla Omowura’s Music Albums. Nigerian Music Review (NMR). No. 18, Pp. 105-120
Bakare, B. A., (2020) Yoruba Traditional Culture and Hubert Ogunde’s Theatrical Performances. Ife Journal of Languages and Literatures (IJLL) Vol.6, No.1. Pp.119-133.
Olowojaiye, R & Bakare, B.A., (2019/2020) Leadership, Power and Gender Roles in the Performance Poetry of Olatunbosun Oladapo. Ibadan Journal of Gender Studies (IJOGS), Pp.150-166.
Bakare, B. A., (2019/2020) The Yoruba Theatre from Religious and Ritualistic Perspective. Ibadan Journal of Theatre Arts (IJOTA). Nos.13 &14, Pp. 121-133.
Bakare, B.A (2018) The Drama and Theatre of Hubert Ogunde as Model for Contemporary Nigerian Yoruba Theatre. The Performer: Ilorin Journal of the Performing Arts, Vol. 19, Pp. 61-75.
Bakare, B.A., (2017/2018). Political Display of Operatic and Dramatic Expressions in the Theatre of Hubert Ogunde (1945-1960). Nigerian Music Review (NMR). No. 15/16, Pp.161-173.
Bakare, B.A., (2017/2018). Ola Rotimi’s Selected Plays and Challenges of Post-Independence Nigeria. Ibadan Journal of Theatre Arts (IJOTA). Nos.11&12, Pp. 87-103.
Bakare, B.A., (2017). The Influence of the Mbari Club and Early Nigerian Prose Writers on the Nigerian Literary Dramatists. Cultural Intertexts, Vol.7 (4), Pp. 17-32.
Bakare, B.A., (2015). The Aesthetics of Songs and Music in Femi Osofisan’s Theatre. The Performer: Ilorin Journal of the Performing Arts, Vol. 17, Pp.38-46.
Conferences Attended Till Date
Paper presented “Ritual Performances and Significance of Community Participation Among the Yoruba Societies in Nigeria”, at Obafemi Awolowo University, The Institute of Cultural Studies and The Department of Dramatic Arts. Title and name of the panel, “Dynamics of Cultural Preservation, Transformation and Modernization in African Creative Arts”. October 26th-27th, 2024.
Paper presented “Critical Appraisal of the Evolution of Theatre, Culture and Democracy in Nigeria. July 3rd-6th, 2024. Anuual Conference of Association of African Theatre Association (AfTA) at Felix Houphouet-Boigny University in Abidjan, Ivory-Coast (Cote d’lvoire).
Paper presented “Dialectics of myth and Theatre Performances in Nigeria: Femi Osofisan’s Adventure in the Forest of a Thousand Daemons as Example. July 24th -28th, 2023. I also chaired a Panel on a session: Dialectics of myth, ritual theatre and audiences, during the just concluded International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR)’s 2023 Annual Conference at the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, 2023.
Paper presented “Gender Hierarchies in Nigerian Broadcast Media Organisations: The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), African Independent Television (AIT), Channels Television and Television Continental (TVC) as examples. Conference title: Humboldt Kolleg: Gender in Transdisciplinary Humanities, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. (in person Conference). July 13th-16th, 2022.
International Conference on Decolonising the Humanities an Africa Academy. Organiser: Faculty of Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Title of Paper Presented: Decolonising the Benin Artifacts: Ola Rotimi’s Ovonranwen Nogbaisi. October 23-26, 2022.
Paper presented “Salient Evolution in Norwegian. Theatre and Drama from 1996 to 2019”. Scan Aesthetics: Association of Nordic Theatre Scholars University of Bergen, Norway. (online conference). November 26-27, 2020.
Staff Profile:
Babatunde Allen Bakare holds a Ph.D. in drama and theatre studies at Stellenbosch University, South Africa (2018), an M.Phil. in Ibsen studies at The University of Oslo, Norway (2008) and bachelor degree in dramatic arts from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria (2003), a certification of participation in British and Irish literature at The University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 2005 and was producer and scriptwriter at African Independent Television. As a lecturer, he has taught at Nasarawa State University and Bowen University both in Nigeria. He also taught as an assistant professor of English and literature at American University of Nigeria. Currently, he is a lecturer in the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University. His research focuses on Ibsen drama, African drama and theatre and African popular culture.