University of Ilorin Students Shine in Stage Play of ARGUNGU

Date: 2025-01-22

Students of the Performing and Film Arts, University of Ilorin, have been applauded for their sterling performance in the premier stage play of a book titled ARGUNGU, written by UK-based Nigerian lawyer/playwright Abubakar Orisankoko.

The stage play was performed by 300-level students of the university as part of the academic requirements for the course PFA 343, titled Theatre Administration and Studio Management.

Speaking with journalists after the performance at the PFA theatre, the audience at the presentation, who included the author of the book and members of his extended family, academic, legal practitioners, media and business executives, among others, unanimously, said that the students brought the script to live with their sterling performance.

According to Orisankoko, he said that “When a playwright pens down lines in a play, he has a vision. It's always very scary if you are to employ people to bring that vision and dream to live. Incidentally, today was one of my happiest days because the students nailed the play with their performance. And when you look at their age and experience in drama, they have done a fantastic job. I commend them”.

The author also promised the PFA department to continue his support, saying, “I'm happy to support them because I am in touch with some of the playhouses in London, and the US.

Orisankoko, who said that the stage play was conceived, developed and written into manuscript during his NYSC scheme in Kebbi state in 2007, said that he dedicated the students' performance to his late wife, Muyibat Folashade Orisankoko, an indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun state, (Sowole family) who he said encouraged him on the project.

He said that the research on the play took him to several places such as palaces in Gwandu, Sokoto, Argungu, Kebbi, and History Bureau, Kebbi state, among other places in Northern Nigeria, adding that the manuscript of the play was nominated for an award during the NYSC scheme in 2008.

He said that among the lessons in the play is for everyone to believe in oneself, saying that, “There's strength in us only when we're able to identify the strength.

“Like Yakubu Nabame, he identified the strength in him and explored it, giving birth to the Kebbi kingdom, especially Argungu.

“History of the Kebbi kingdom was extinct but he revived it. That's one lesson for us all. You can see the impact of what he did then, as Argungu is now an international cultural festival”.

He also said that discussion had been initiated with school authorities to take the stage play across academic institutions in the state, and to Gwandu, Sokoto, Argungu, and Kebbi state, among other places in northern Nigeria.

He also called on northern leaders, especially Kebbi and Sokoto state governments, to key into the stage play based on its historical relevance and international acclaim of Argungu, “more so, since no one had told the story of how Argungu started before now”.

He said that the cast and crew of the play, who included Lecturers -in-Charge: Professor Segun Oyeleke Oyewo and Mr. Kazeem Rufai-Ahmad, deserved both national and international recognition and accolades.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Usman Yunusa     Tosho Yaqub     Apaokagi     Jaiz Bank     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Third Estate     Kwara Basketball Association     Matthew Okedare     Tope Daramola     Maryam Nurudeen     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Adeola Abraham     Segun Abifarin     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Saad Omo Iya     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     KWASIEC     Saka Saadu     Adeleke Ogungbe     Lanwa     Tafida Of Ilorin     CBT     Odolaye Aremu     Vasolar Consortium     Bature Bello     Bola Tinubu     Bola Shagaya     Olatomiwa Williams     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     CUTI     Olaitan Adefila     CT Ayeni     Dele Belgore     Kamoru Kadiri     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Sobi Hill     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Vasolar     Ilorin Durbar     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Logun     Offa Descendants Union     Akanji     Funmilayo Oniwa     Yaru     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kwara State Television     Seun Bolaji     Yashikira     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Suleiman Abubakar     Sun Qing Rong     Aminat Omodara     Mohammed Abduraheem     Yakubu Danladi     Iqra Books     Ilorin     Saad Belgore     Federal Allocation     Abubakar Imam     Tunji Olawuyi     Mike Omotosho     Mogaji Aare     Quareeb     NSCIA     Kola Shittu     Alapado     Olaitan Buraimoh     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     SAPZ Project     Kwara State Fire Service     Bankole Omishore     Musbau A. Akanji    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Apaokagi     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     KWIRS     Tanke Road     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Balogun-Ojomu     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Erin-ile     NNPP     Alapansapa     FOMWAN     Ojuekun     Young Progressives Party     Dankaka     Oke-Oyi     Ijagbo Health Centre     CLAY POT     Bilikisu Gambari     Moshood Bakare     Bankole Omishore     Sadiq Umar     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Aminat Ahmed     Onilu     Oya State     Amuda Bembe     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Gani Saadu     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Saliu Ajia     Durosinlohun Kawu     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Ahmad Ali     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Kayode Issa     Salman Alada     Lai Mohammed     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Kwara Pdp     Eruku     Yahya Mohammed     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Public Holiday     Okedare     David Adesina     Quranic Recitation Competition     Saka Keji     Wahab Isa     Jalala     Abdulazeez Uthman     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Sabo-Oke     Yusuf Abubakar     Wahab Abayawo     Aliyu Salihu     Alapado     Oladimeji Thompson     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Toyin Falola     Amos Bajeh     Usman Alkali Baba     Mubarak Oladosu     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Sherif Shagaya     Igbomina     Kwara Restoration Project     James Kolo     Saidu Yaro Musa     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Mohammed Yisa     Sa\'adu Gambari     Apado     NYSC     Centre For Digital Economy