Adesiyan, Rebecca Uduakobong and Omosule, Segun and Ehibor, Oremire Judith (2024) Street Culture in Omo Ghetto, King of Boys, and Nimbe, Selected Nollywood Films. Journal of African films and Diaspora Studies, 7 (4). pp. 191-212. ISSN 2516-2705 (Print) ISSN: 2516-2713 (Online)
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Abstract
In contemporary society, the problem of street culture has been a recurring issue. Some children or adults leave their homes to live in harsh conditions on the street, thereby imbibing behaviours that qualify as street culture. Several studies have examined street culture from the perspective of gangsterism, violence, and music as represented in written texts, with little attention paid to films. Hence, this study investigated street culture in Nollywood films and its effects on the character development of the characters played by the actors and actresses portrayed in the films to highlight its implications for contemporary Nigerian and wider society. The study adopted the content analytical method in interrogating the selected films. A purposive sampling technique was used to select three Nollywood films. The films were subjected to content and qualitative analysis to explore the elements of street culture in them. The study adopted Erikson’s Psychosocial Development Theory as the theoretical framework. Findings revealed that street urchins are victims of poor parenting, economic hardships, poverty, peer pressure, absence of a father figure, poor societal values, the death of a parent, neglect, abandonment, physical and emotional abuse, and violence as portrayed in the selected films. The study found that the consequences of these factors on street urchins include maladaptive behaviours, indiscriminate sexual practices, substance abuse, prostitution, stealing, and pickpocketing. Further findings revealed that filmmakers deployed different narrative patterns to elucidate how the characters develop in the films. The study, therefore, recommended that parents should not shirk their duties towards their children and should provide enabling environments through which the children can feel safe and repose confidence in them. There should be a job creation and poverty alleviation programme by the Nigerian government to reduce the number of street urchins. The government should also censor the quality of films produced to make them avenues for correcting societal ills.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Street culture, Nollywood films, Character development. |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Humanities Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2025 14:49 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2025 14:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/18810 |
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