CREATIVE WRITING/EDITORIAL WORKS

BFA is an accomplished playwright, author, critic, editor, and astute cultural administrator, who has many plays, books and articles to his credit. He is the author of the ground-breaking Trends in Nollywood: A Study of Selected Genres, as well as Theatre Management in Nigeria: An Introduction and A Collection of Folktales for Nigerian Children. He has also edited and co-edited several books with some erudite theatre professors.

His co-edited books with the erudite Professor Olu Obafemi are: Perspectives on Cultural Administration in Nigeria (2010); Culture, Leadership and Accountability in Nigeria (2013); Culture, Peace and National Security: The Role of Traditional Rulers and Local Government Chairmen (2013); and Culture and the Socio-Economic Transformation of the Local Government System in Nigeria (2013).

Some of his other co-edited books with erudite theatre professors are:

1.    Dress Culture and National Development (2011) (with Rasaki Ojo Bakare);

2.    Difficult Dialogues in Development – A Festschrift: Charity Ashimem Angya (2012) (with Gowon Ama Doki);

3.    Gender Discourse in African Theatre, Literature and Visual Arts: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Mabel Evwierhoma (2015) (with Tracie Chima Utoh-Ezeajugh);

4.    Repositioning Nollywood for the Promotion of Nigeria’s Cultural Diplomacy and National Security (2015) (with Ameh Denis Akoh);

5.    Culture of Peace and National Security: Critical Perspectives (2019) (with Emeka Nwabueze);

6.    National Language Newspapers and Development in Nigeria (2019) (with Emmanuel Samu Dandaura);

7.    Harnessing Culture as Pathway to National Identify (2024) (with Otunba Biodun Ajiboye);

8.    Fundamentals of Theatre & Film Arts (2024) (with Sunday D. Abraye, Oghenemudiakevwe Igbi, and Andrew Ali Ibbi); and

9.    An Actor for all Seasons: The Francis Duru Nollywood Narrative (In Press) (with Femi Okiremuette Shaka).

Furthermore, some of his sole-edited works include:

1.    A Handbook on Living Human Treasures in Nigeria (2010);

2.    Literary Perspectives on Culture, Leadership and Accountability in Nigeria (2014);

3.    Cultural Administration in Nigeria: A Book of Readings (2015);

4.    Effective Cultural Administration in Nigeria: A Critical Source Book (2015); and

5.    Perspectives on Cultural Festivals and Economic Development in Nigeria (2017).

Almost all the books are from the stable of the flagship publisher in Nigeria in the Humanities: Kraft Books Ltd, Ibadan.

BFA has about one hundred (100) publications, including articles in reputable national and international journals, book chapters, monographs, and conference proceedings. He has thirteen (13) published plays to his credit; just as he has over 60 unpublished conference papers. Two of the plays, A Matter of Honour and Dance on his Grave have been recommended texts in Bayelsa State Secondary School syllabus for over twenty (20) years now; while The Rejected Ones, one of the plays in his collection, A Chance to Survive and Other Plays, took the 2^nd Prize at the 2003 edition of the ANA-organised NDDC/J.P. Clark Prize for Drama.

Between 2017 and 2021, BFA served as the Editor of the Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA), and edited Nigerian Theatre Journal (NTJ): A Journal of Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA) (Vols. 18.1 & 18.2; 19.1, 19.2, & 19.3; 20.1 & 20.2; 21.1 & 21.2), and SONTA News: An In-house Newsletter of Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA) (2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021), thus, raising the ante in the editorship of SONTA.