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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NIGERIAN FILM CORPORATION
The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), has attracted both local and global attention in recent times. Established 1979 following a decree No.61 with the recommendation given by the Council for Arts and Culture, that sponsored a seminar on film and its relationship to cultural identity in Nigeria. The NFC was mandated to plan, promote, organize and coordinate the development of the Nigerian motion pictures industry in accordance with the socio-economic policies and objectives laid down by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

FUNCTION OF THE CORPORATION
The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) is saddled with the following specific objectives and functions:

a.                  The production of films for domestic consumption and for export;

b.                 The establishment and maintenance of facilities for film production;

c.                  The encouragement of production by Nigerians of films through financial and other forms of assistance;

d.                 The encouragement of development of cinema theatre by Nigerians by way of financial and other forms of assistance.

e.                  The acquisitions and distribution of films;

f.                   The establishment and maintenance of National Film Archive;

g.                 The provision of facilities for training and advancing of skills and talent of persons employed in the Nigerian Film Industry as a whole; and the carrying out of such           activities as may be necessary or expedient for the full discharge of all or any of the functions conferred to it under the Act.

STRUCTURE OF THE CORPORATION
The Corporation is structured into 9 Departments /Units and zonal offices. These are as follows:

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY THE NIGERIAN FILM CORPORATION
LIST OF FILMS BY THE NATIONAL FILM INSTITUTE (STUDENTS PRODUCTION WORKSHOP FILMS) LIST OF FILMS BY THE NIGERIAN FILM CORPORATION

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY THE RECTOR, NATIONAL FILM INSTITUTE, Prof. Methuselah Jeremiah’s
1.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Women and ‘Heroism’ in Modern Nigerian Drama”, Kada: A Journal of the Liberal Arts. 1:2 (2008): 151-170. Print.

2.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Women Playwrights and Female Signification in Nigerian Literary Drama: An Overview”. ''Journal of Nigerian English Studies Association (JNESA). 13:2(2010):''179-195. Print.

3.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Re-presenting Women by Female Playwrights in Recent Nigerian Drama” SONTA Journal, 10:2 (2010). Print.

4.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Engendering Women in Onwueme’s Drama: Then She Said It Discussed”, The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies, 4:( 2011): 112-128. Web and Print.

5.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Traditional Taboos as Sources of Family Dysfunction: A Reading of Julie Okoh’s The Mannequins, KADA: Journal of the Liberal Arts, 4 (2011):48-61. Print.

6.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Masculine Women Feminine Men: Power Relations in Two Nigerian Plays by Women” Gender and Behaviour, 12:1(2014):6135-6144. Web and Print.

7.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Applying the Stockholm syndrome Phenomenon in Osofisan’s Morountodun to Leadership in Africa” Kadaura: A Journal of Hausa Multidisciplinary Studies. 1:4 (2018): 402-415. Special Edition. Print.

8.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Fecundity, Barrenness and the Importance of Motherhood in Two Nigerian Plays”. Kaduna Journal of Humanities 2:1 (2018): 371-389. Print.

9.        Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Role Reversal and the Construction of Power by Women Playwrights in Nigeria” Voices: A Journal of English Studies. Maiden Edition. (2014): 127-136. Print.

10.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Cosmopolitan Feminism and Female Representation in Recent Nigerian Drama by Women” Ibadan Journal of Theatre Arts, 7&8 (2012): 291- 312. Print.

11.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Criticism of the Boy-child Preference in Africa by Selected Playwrights” Journal of Humanities and Cultural       Studies. 2: (2017) 323-40. Print.

12.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “The Importance of the Film Rating System in Minimising Children’s Exposure to Violent Movies” AFAN-GIDAN WAYA: Journal of Continuing Education. 2: 1(2005): 230-239. Print.

13.     Jeremiah, Methuselah and Michael Mutana Dogo. “Community Theatre as an Alternative Tool for Social Mobilisation: The Dutsen Bako Project as Case Study” JOLLS: Journal of Language and Literary Studies 1:1 (2005):139-152. Print.

14.    Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Women and Literary Imaging in Post-War Nigerian Drama: An  Analysis of Morountodun by Osofisan” AFAN-GIDAN WAYA: Journal of   Continuing Education. 2: 1(2005): 62-78. Print.

15.     Jeremiah, Methuselah and Mercy A B Bossan. “Fashion Trends in Higher Institutions of       Learning: Influences and Motivations” GidanWaya Journal of Education 2:1 (2002):77-85. Print.

16.     Jeremiah, Methuselah and Mercy A B Bossan. “Teaching Hausa and Yoruba as Second Language” Gidan Waya Journal of Education 2:1 (2002):77-85. Print.

17.     Jeremiah, Methuselah and Lawrence Aboi Daniel “Masculine Representation and      Feminine Subterfuge in EmemIsong’s Knocking on Heaven’s Door” in Bhadmus, Mohammed O. ‘ed’ The Nigerian Cinema: Gender and Sexuality in           Nigerian Motion Picture. Kano: Hallmark, 2019. 68-78. Print.

18.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “He who does not provide for his family…: Re-appraising Amope’s Invective in The Trials of Brother Jero by Wole Soyinka” in Iorapuu, Tor and Festus Idoko ‘eds’ Nigerian Theatre: Community and Audience. Jos:   Selidan, 2018. 88-97. Print.

19.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Reverse Migration of Africans in the Diaspora: Foregrounding a Woman’s Quest for her Roots in Tess Akaeke Onwueme’s Legacies” in Yakub-Haliso, Olajumoke and Toyin Falola. ‘eds’ Gendering Knowledge in Africa and the African Diaspora: Contesting History and Power. London: Routledge, 2017. 127-40. Print.

20.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “The Power of Resistance, the Resistance of ‘Power’: Subverting Patriarchy in Selected Nigerian Plays” in Amtaika,     Alexius. ‘ed’   Culture, Democracy and Development in Africa. Austin, Texas: Pan African UP, 2017. 135-48. Print.

21.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “He who does not Provide for his Family…”: Re-Appraising Amope’s Invective in The Trials of Brother Jero by Wole Soyinka In Iorapuu, Tor and Festus Idoko. 'eds’ Nigerian Theatre: Community and Audience. Jos: Selidan, 2018. 88-97. Print.

22.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “A Re-Examination of ‘Harmful’ Cultural Practices against    Women in Nigerian Drama using Selected Plays by   Women” in Jeremiah,             Methuselah and Mabel Evwierhoma ‘eds’     Snapshots of the Female Ethos: Essays in Drama and Culture in Africa, Lagos: Concept, 2015. Print.

23.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Women, Stigma and the Scourge of HIV/AIDS Pandemic:    Celebrating Hope beyond Hopelessness in Dugga’s Hope   Harvesters” In Doki, Gowon Ama and Kwaghkondo Agber ‘eds’ Saintly Radical, Ibadan: Kraft, 2015. Print. 190-205.

24.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “The Niger Delta Violence, Women and Ecofeminism”” in Gboyega, Kolawole, Sule E. Egya and Sade Ifamose. Gender and Power in Contemporary Africa: Essays in Honour of Sophie Obiajulu Ogwude, Lagos: Bahiti and Dalila, 2014, 117-132. Print.

25.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Projecting the Importance of Women’s Work in ‘Kowa ya DakaRawar Waniya Rasa TurminDakaTasa’ by Abubakar Imam in Malumfashi, Ibrahim A M, Salihu A Yakasai and Ibrahim S SAbdullahi. ‘eds’ The Hausa People, Language and History: Past, Present andFuture. Kaduna: Garkuwa, 2016. 210-21. Print.

26.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Literature and History: Celebrating the Heroism of Attahiru in Ahmed Yerima’s Attahiru” in Tsiga, Ismail A. and M O Bhadmus. Literature, History and Identity in Northern Nigeria,   Ibadan:  Safari, 2016. 87-100. Print.

27.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “Demure but not Detached: Thoughts, Acts and Facts of a Woman of Candour-Interview with Mabel Evwhieroma” in Jeremiah, Methuselah  and Mabel Evwierhoma ‘eds’ Snapshots of the Female Ethos: Essays in Drama and Culture in Africa, Lagos: Concept, 2015. 247-70. Print.

28.     Jeremiah, Methuselah. “The Concept of God among the Akurmi People” in Jeremiah, Methuselah and Elisha Dogara.‘eds’ The Akurmi People of Central Nigeria: Their Heritage and Hope.’ Kaduna: Al-Uzzy. 27-136. Print.

29.     David, Joy and Methuselah Jeremiah “The Nature and Function of  Kurama Proverbs” in Jeremiah, Methuselah and Elisha Dogara.‘eds’ The Akurmi People of Central Nigeria: Their Heritage and Hope. Kaduna: Al-Uzzy. 74-85. Print.

INTRODUCTION
Generally, the definition and meaning of culture are broad; these may include values, beliefs, texts, about the beliefs and ideas, multiple daily practices, aesthetic forms, systems of communications, (e.g Languages), institutions of society, a variety of experiences that capture African's way of life, a metaphor to express political and economic changes. The article on African culture is well researched and articulated. Therefore, will prove relevant to information seekers and researchers.

However, it is significant to state that, the culture of African people varies and its well encompassing as it relates to their languages, food, dressing, hairstyles, farming activities or vocations, traditions, beliefs, religions etc. Culture is a dynamic process and Africans have had to deal with the multiple changes and their outcomes; culture is an agency of power There is also the need to emphasize that, few hundreds and possibly thousands of many African cultures are not being documented. For example, some African culture, local dialects and languages, beliefs and traditions are soon going into extinction. As such, more African cultures and indigenous knowledge should be passed down from one generation to the next. This can be achieved through folklores, storytelling, music, oral information and archives.

↓ BEATRICE CHIGOZILI EKWUEME
== Mrs Beatrice Chigozili Ekwueme, nee Beatrice Nwajagu, was born on July 3, 1934. She attended St. Cyprians Secondary School, port Harcourt and Crowther Memorial Girls Secondary School, Elelewon, Port Harcourt. She also attended United Missionary College (UMC) Ibadan, before she went further to study at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She obtained her Master’s Degree from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She acted as First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between October 1,1979 and December 31, 1983. ==

MOJI DANISA JEMEGBE
== Moji Danisa Jemegbe popularly known as the queen of junk journalism, started her career as news trainee in the Nigerian Television Authority NTA Benin City, after her Higher School Certificate in 1982. Thereafter, she became a News/Program Presenter alongside her duties as an Editorial. She quickly rose to the position of Sub-Editor. In 1985, Moji gained an admission at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) to read Theatre Arts. Such was her determination to become a journalist. At NIJ, she was one of the brightest students and upon her graduation she won the Alade Odenewu prize in editorial writing. She was the only woman to achieve that feat in the history NIJ at that time. ==

VICTORIA NWOGU
Victoria Nwogu is a Nigerian Lawyer, UN Diplomat, Law Professor and lover of African fashion. She has worked and lived in Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Somalia, New York and Sudan. Her experience with being acknowledged for wearing “African fashion” everywhere she travelled led to her decision in 2018 to wear exclusively Ankara print or African fashion to all formal events and led to the birth of “Ankara Republic” a Facebook group she founded in October 2018. The group is now almost 27,000 members strong with an active presence on Instagram as well. Ultimately, in 2019, Victoria revived tailoring and design skills she learnt as a teenager and now makes almost all her own clothes and some for friends. Victoria is married with three children ranging from young adult to teenage. She spends her time between Sudan, Kenya, Lagos and New York. She is an avid reader, an author of a fitness book (published in 2017) and loves to dance with the hula hoop.

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QUEEN IDIA
Queen Idia was the queen mother of Esigie the Oba of Benin, and was born in the year 1504-1550. She was one of the Nigerian greatest female warriors. Queen Idia paved the way for many Nigerian women to participate in decision making about political issues. She was instrumental to the ascension of her son to his father's throne at the end of the pronouncement of the battle, which she played a significant role in attaining victory.

BIOGRAPHY OF PROFESSOR. MOHAMMED YAHAYA KUTA
Prof Mohammed Kuta Yahaya is a graduate of the University of Calabar. He obtained his Masters and Doctoral Degrees in Agricultural Extension from the University of Ibadan. He started his university teaching and research career at the University of Ibadan as an Assistant Lecturer in 1995 and rose through the ranks to become a Professor of Agricultural Extension and Development Communication at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 2008. Professor Yahaya is author of over 100 scholarly publications in reputable national and international journals. Some of his books includes: Indigenous music for Entertainment Education; Ignorance is a disease; Development Communication: Lessons from Change and Social Engineering Projects; Communication for Social Change in Developing Countries; Gender and Communication Variables in Agricultural Information System. He has also been a Lead Consultant to many national and international organisations on many global initiatives including the World Bank, UNICEEF and Development Activities International (DAI) among others in the area of positive deployment of communication strategies to achieve development objectives. A champion of paradigm shift that inform his active participation in various interventions, integration of Development Communication, Grievances Redress Mechanism and Citizens Engagement in conflict management, development policies especially the national Agricultural Extension Policy for Nigeria and indeed a principal actor in national development agenda setting and creating awareness and understanding of social change processes using innovative approaches that engender real development and practices of governance, inter-governmental relations and democratic ideals in society.

PROF. MOHAMMED YAHAYA KUTA'S LIFE AND CAREER
Professor Yahaya at different times served the nation in different capacities particularly, as the Director, University of Ibadan Media Centre, facilitated the establishment of the first campus radio in the Nigerian University system. He was beckoned to serve his home state of Niger between 2007- 2015. First as Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and later as Chief of Staff, Commissioner in the Ministries of Information; Agriculture with concurrent responsibility for Tertiary Education. He was Chairman, Forum of Secretaries to Nineteen State Governments [2007-2011], Coordinated the establishment of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation [2008- 2010] and Northern States Committee on Reconciliation, Healing & Security between 2012 and 2013 that produced the blue print for the mitigation of Boko Haram Insurgency and other security issues in the north. He also coordinated the Northern States’ Governors’ Forum [NSGF]- United States Institute for Peace [USIP] Symposium held in Washington DC in March 2014.

PROF. MOHAMMED YAHAYA KUTA'S AWARD AND RECOGNITION
Professor Mohammed Yahaya Kuta was a recipient of the Council for the Development of Social Research in Africa [CODESRIA], Dakar, Senegal Laureate for Doctoral Thesis in 1993 and was awarded MacAthur Foundation Grant for the Fund for Leadership Development Programme in 1997; CODESRIA nominee to UNESCO, Dakar, Senegal for the Most Outstanding Doctoral Thesis (1998); CODESRIA Book Project Awardee – 2006. He was honoured as one of the 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England in 2001. Prof Yahaya is a member of many learned and professional bodies, particularly the International Association for Media and Communication Research - (IAMCR), Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON); Nigeria Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS) and Rural Sociological Association of Nigeria (RUSAN).