The Council on African Studies Lecture Series presents
Patrick Oloko, professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Department of English, University of Lagos:
“The Lagos National Theatre: A Geostrategic Rethinking of a Space of Play.”
Patrick Oloko’s current research is on the Lagos creative and cultural economy. He works with artists, writers and entertainment entrepreneurs to understand and map their involvements in the current reconfiguring of arts, performances and literature to serve the taste of diverse audiences in this city of twenty-two million people. He is the editor of The Fiction of Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo: Issues and Perspectives (2008); In Theory and In Practice: Engaging the Writing of Hope Eghagha (2015) and Peju Layiwola’s Indigo Reimagined: Rethinking Adire in Yoruba Fashion and textile Modernity (2021).