Theatre, Politics and Social Consciousness in Nigeria

This is an outstanding treatise on one of Africa’s leading playwrights, educators and politicians, Iyorwuese Hagher. The collection ostensibly aimed to celebrate Hagher’s golden jubilee, and his silver jubilee and a playwright and artist, is an intimate and critical analysis of one of Africa’s leading thinkers. The collection of scholarly opinions, offer a penetrating insight into the mind of the Man., Politician and Artist. This is a benchmark collection, not just of Hagher’s artistic, political and social consciousness, but also more significantly of a renaissance in the dramatic arts of Africa, in the new millennium.

“In word and deed, Hagher has demonstrated adequate mastery of the dialectics of politics and the politics of dialectics.” – Olu Obafemi

“Hagher bestrides in deft manner, the pitfalls of literary dramatic practice and the potholes of the artist’s engagement in politics.” – Egwugwu Illah

When we are looking for examples of writers in politics, some of the good cases we can invoke are Vaclav Havel of Czech Republic and Augusto Boal of Brazil. I also put in this category Iyorwuese Hagher of Nigeria.” – Oga Abah