Prof.
AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, Vice-Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete,
has inaugurated a committee to see to the establishment of the Centre for
Nollywood Studies at the university.
New Telegraph reports Na’Allah
stated this in his opening address on Monday at the Conference on African
Cinema, organized by the university, with the theme: “African Cinema and the
Supernatural”.
He
said when operational, the centre would be charged with the responsibility of highlighting
the role and effects of Nollywood films in the society.
Na’Allah
added that the planned conference was part of the university’s ambition to
build bridges between scholars and those who promote culture outside the
university.
He
added that the goal was to reach deeply into the soul of the immediate
university community and tap into the rich human and material resources of the
nation.
The
vice-chancellor said that the essence of the centre would be to redefine the
progress made by the nation in terms of arts and culture, for the benefit of
all.
“In
2010, the theme of the KWASU Conference on African Cinema was Nollywood: A
Natural Cinema”; this year, it is Nollywood and the Supernatural.
He
said the themes of both conferences showed the commitment of the institution to
the promotion of culture through cinema.
In
his remarks, Prof. Onookome Okome, lecturer, University of Alberta, Canada,
said that the conference was aimed at exploring how Nollywood could depict the
supernatural and its capacity in resolving every human problem.
“The
implication of this belief in the supernatural means that we do not take our
material conditions into context and this means that if we don’t work hard, we
cannot live well,” he said.
Okome
added that the centre would be a focal point where the meaning and relevance of
Nollywood would be studied.
The
don added that that it would also update the archives on Nollywood history and
serve as an academic arm of the Malete Film Village.
According to him, it will
enable students of KWASU to get theoretical and practical knowledge about
Nollywood.
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