ABSTRACT

Many have claimed that Nollywood, the Nigerian contemporary cinema phenomenon that began in the 1990s, grew out of the Yorùbá Travelling Theatre tradition, which was at its most prominent between the 1950s and early 1980s. This article attempts to document some particular features of the origins of Nollywood in the Yorùbá Travelling Theatre. It locates the origins of the curious Character of Recurrence in the travelling theatre tradition and traces it into Nigeria's celluloid era, and finally into Nollywood. While recognising that a cinema like Nollywood must be more complex than its identification with a single performance tradition, this article aims to enrich Nollywood performativity scholarship with a history that extends back into the theatrical practices that have long existed among Nigerian peoples.

摘要

许多人声称，始于 1990 年代的尼日利亚当代电影现象诺莱坞源自 Yorùbá 旅行剧院传统，该传统在 1950 年代至 1980 年代初期最为突出。本文试图记录约鲁巴旅游剧院中诺莱坞起源的一些特殊特征。它在巡回戏剧传统中找到了好奇的反复出现的特征的起源，并将其追溯到尼日利亚的赛璐珞时代，最后进入了诺莱坞。虽然认识到像诺莱坞这样的电影院肯定比它对单一表演传统的认同更复杂，但本文旨在丰富诺莱坞表演奖学金，其历史可以追溯到尼日利亚人民长期存在的戏剧实践。