The Hybridization of Cultures in My Creative Practice in Nollywood: Sidibe Screenplay in Focus.
Misodi, Emem Isong (2021) The Hybridization of Cultures in My Creative Practice in Nollywood: Sidibe Screenplay in Focus. PhD thesis, University for the Creative Arts.
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My study which is a practice -based thesis investigates the portrayal of ‘Cultural Hybridity’ in Nollywood. Cultural hybridity as postulated by Homi Bhaba (1994) argues for the (re)creation of new transcultural forms following the influence of colonialism. Conceptualising the notion of “third space” Bhabha observes that most colonised persons have a third culture, thus my study seeks to interpret this ‘third space’ within the context of films. Nollywood is the mainstream post-colonial Nigerian film industry that has earned a remarkable recognition in African Cinema for its subtle revolutionalisation of African cinema through its culture of low budget productions (Obaiya, 2011). My research therefore interrogates the extent to which hybridity has manifested in the construction of identity in Nollywood filmmaking practice in Nigeria. The study stems from over 25 years of my practice in Nollywood and establishes my position as a female filmmaker in the context of filmic storytelling. I approach the study from the framework of post -colonial and feminist theories using auto-ethnography methodology.
This practice-based thesis will examine cultural hybridity as the conceptual underpinning of (trans)national cinema in Nollywood filmic culture and situate Nollywood, a ‘home grown’ film industry within the context of hybridity by examining the effect of ‘third space’ on selected Nollywood films. A critical analysis
of two purposively sampled case study films; Wedding Party (Adetiba, 2016) and Namatse Wahala (Ahuja, 2020), as well as my own films; Special Jollof and Love is in the hair is embarked on with the aim of underscoring how Homi Bhaba’s “third space” has influenced hybridity in Nollywood. Scholars like Bhaba and Fanon have argued that the originality and purity of cultures are unattainable. The question of hybridized cultural forms continues to resurge in scholarly discourse with emphasis 6 on the influence of post-modernism, migration, religion, and digitalization on cultural identities. The expression or nuances of the film space in Nollywood is interpretable via the lens of post colonialism and the sophisticated
framework/theories which hybridity belongs. This research practice aims to redefine a deliberateness in Nollywood storytelling by engineering a thinking in society via our narratives that will contribute to the new understanding of Nollywood using my
practice; a detailed screenplay; Sidibe- The Castaway, which hopes to propose a variant model of film hybridity in Nollywood.
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