Browse by University of Northampton Authors

Article

• Ukaegbu, V. (2012) Review of The Female King of Colonial Nigeria: Ahebi Ugbabe, by Nwando Achebe. Leeds African Studies Bulletin. 74, pp. 103-105. 0024-0249.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2011) African funeral rites: sites for performing, participating and witnessing of trauma. Performance Research: A Journal of the Performing Arts [Special Issue]: On Trauma. 16(1), pp. 131-141. 1352-8165.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2010) Performative encounters: performance intervention in marketing health products in Nigeria. Journal of Applied Arts and Health. 1(1), pp. 35-51. 2040-2457.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2007) Written over, written out: the gendered misrepresentation of women in modern African performances. African Performance Review. 1(1), pp. 7-23. 1753-5964.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2002) Performing postcolonially: contextual changes in the adaptations of Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman and Femi Osofisan's Once Upon Four Robbers. World Literature Written in English. 40(1), pp. 71-85. 0093-1705.

Book Section

• Ukaegbu, V. (2013) Introduction. In: Walby, A. (ed.) Oladipo Agboluaje: Plays One. London: Oberon Books. pp. 7-16.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2010) Anansegoro: modern storytelling as narrative trope in contemporary Ghanaian literary theatre. In: Makokha, J. K. S., Barasa, R. S. and Daramola, A. (eds.) Tales, Tellers, and Tale-Making: Critical Studies on Literary Stylistics and Narrative Styles in Contemporary African Literature. Berlin: Verlag Dr. Muller (VDM). pp. 246-265.
• Ukaegbu, V. and Ewu, J. (2010) Performing histories, voices of black rural community; from oral history to ethnodrama: the journey of the spoken word. In: Ackroyd, J. and O'Toole, J. (eds.) Performing Research: Tensions, Triumphs and Trade-offs of Ethnodrama. Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham. pp. 169-185.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2007) Grey silhouettes: black queer theatre on the post-war British stage. In: Godiwala, D. (ed.) Alternatives Within the Mainstream II: Queer Theatres in Post-war Britain. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press. pp. 322-338.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2006) Mythological and patriarchal constraints: the tale of Osofisan's revolutionary women. In: Adeyemi, S. (ed.) Portraits for an Eagle: a Festschrift in Honour of Femi Osofisan. Bayreuth: Bayreuth African Studies. pp. 179-192.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2006) Talawa Theatre Company: the 'likkle' matter of black creativity and representation on the British stage. In: Godiwala, D. (ed.) Alternatives within the Mainstream: British Black and Asian Theatres. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press. pp. 123-152.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2001) Femi Osofisan’s Once Upon Four Robbers: continuing the intercultural debate. In: Banham, M., Gibbs, J. and Osofisan, F. (eds.) African Theatre: Playwrights & Politics. Oxford: Currey. pp. 42-56.

Book

• Duggan, P. and Ukaegbu, V., (eds.) (2013) Reverberations across Small-Scale British Theatre: Politics, Aesthetics and Forms. Bristol: Intellect. 9781783202973.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2007) The Use of Masks in Igbo Theatre in Nigeria: The Aesthetic Flexibility of Performance Traditions. Lewiston, N.Y.; Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press. 9780773451759.

Conference or Workshop Item

• Ukaegbu, V. (2011) Witnessing to (in), and from the Centre in Black British theatre: Dipo Agboluaje and the Theatre of Dialogic Centrism. Panel Presentation presented to: International Conference of the African Theatre Association (AfTA) 2011, Centre for Innovative Performance Practice & Research, Swansea Metropolitan University, 21-23 July 2011. (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. (2010) Contorted fragments: re-narrating otherness in Black diaspora British playwriting. Panel Presentation presented to: 2nd International Conference of the Beyond the Linear Narrative Project: Transformations of Narrative in the Postcolonial Era, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 11-13 November 2010. (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. (2010) New dialogues: contextualising Africa-diaspora relations in black British playwriting. Panel Presentation presented to: African Theatre Association (AfTA) Annual International Conference 2010: Performing Africa/ Africa in performance: Theatre, Culture and Society in Africa, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 29 July-01 August 2010. (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. (2010) New directions in African theatre and performance. Panel Presentation presented to: African Theatre Association (AfTA) Annual International Conference 2010: Performing Africa/ Africa in performance: Theatre, Culture and Society in Africa, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, 29 July-01 August 2010. (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. (2009) New directions in African theatre and performance. Paper presented to: International Conference of the African Theatre Association (AfTA): New Directions in African Theatre and Performance, University of Northampton, Northampton, 30 July – 02 August 2009. (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. and Ewu, J. (2008) Making the most of it: black history and British education. Lecture presented to: Black and Asian Studies Association (BASA) Annual Conference, The University of Northampton, 12 July 2008. (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. (2008) Beyond postcolonial, post-militarist tropes: Osofisan’s theatre of popular revolution. Panel Presentation presented to: Professor Femi Osofisan International Conference on Performance: Relevant Arts for Sustainable Global Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 17-21 June 2008. (Unpublished)
• Ewu, J. and Ukaegbu, V. (2007) Performance and representation. Workshop presented to: Telling Tales: Migration, Identity and the Post Colonial, The University of Northampton, 14 November 2007. (Unpublished)
• Ewu, J. and Ukaegbu, V. (2007) The journey of the spoken word: who am I? A collage on tales of migration and representation. Practical presented to: Telling Tales: Migration, Identity and the Postcolonial Conference, University of Northampton, 14 November 2007. (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. (2007) Performative encounters: performance intervention in marketing health products in Nigeria. Panel Presentation presented to: Inspiring Transformations: The Arts and Health Conference, University of Northampton, 3-7 September 2007. Panel presentation and chair (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. (2007) Mediating space and venue in traditional African performance. Panel Presentation presented to: African Theatre Association (AfTA) Annual International Conference, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 30 August - 1 September 2007. Panel presentation and chair (Unpublished)
• Ewu, J. and Ukaegbu, V. (2007) Whose history is it anyway?: Performance and the deconstruction of history. Panel Presentation presented to: Northampton Black Histories Project, Division of Performance Public Seminar Series, University of Northampton, 20 June 2007. [Practical and panel presentation] (Unpublished)
• Ukaegbu, V. (2007) Voice, text and stage: mediating biographical narratives. Panel Presentation presented to: Northampton Black Histories Project, The Castle Art Education Workshop, The Castle Theatre, Wellingborough, 4 May 2007. Practical and panel presentation (Unpublished)

Performance

• Ewu, J., Ukaegbu, V. and Hollingum, R. (2013) Production of: Such a Long Journey, by Dipo Agboluaje. Performance at: Such a Long Journey Inspiration FM 107.8, 18-19 July 2013.
• Ewu, J. and Ukaegbu, V. (2008) Who Can Tell ...!: practical research performance exploring Black History experiences by JAWI Theatre Collective. Performance at: Who Can Tell ...! University of Northampton, 22-23 May 2008. Performers: Baptiste, Weekes, Agboluaje, Oladipo, Adewole, Funmi, Elliot, Jerry, McKenzie, Robert, Heathcote, David, Adams, Darren, Roach, Myrle, Franklin, Kascion, Aderoyeje, Florence, Marshall, Myles, Hawker, Christian and Berrill, Colleen
• Ukaegbu, V. and Bennett, P. (2007) Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. Performance at: Masque Theatre Open Air Productions Museum Courtyard, Northampton, 26 July - 4 August 2007. Performers: Kendall, R, Street, M, French, K, Smith, J, Bannister, E, Hill, P, Bedford, R, Stringer, S, Walker, R, Ukaegbu, Victor, Chappell, D, Spiby, I, Dougall, B, Hillman, B L, Pollitt, S, Vaughan, R, Clarke, I, Robinson, P, Nobre, M, Nobre, V, Wright, D and Nettleship, A

Honorary role

• Ukaegbu, V. (2013) Associate Editor. African Performance Review. London: Adonis and Abbey Publishers & African Theatre Association (from 2010) . 1753-5964.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2013) Member of Editorial Board. Journal of Applied Arts and Health. Bristol: Intellect. 2040-2465.
• Ukaegbu, V. (2013) General Secretary. African Theatre Association.
• Ewu, J. and Ukaegbu, V. (2009) Joint Convener and Co-Chair. African Theatre Association (AfTA) International Conference: New Directions in African Theatre and Performance, University of Northampton.

Other

• Ukaegbu, V. (2012) [Contributing researcher] World Scenography : 1975-1990. Taiwan: International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT). 9781848422797.