Global Advanced Research Journal of Peace, Gender and Development Studies (GARJPGDS)
April 2013 Vol. 2(3), pp. 054-060
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Review

Nigerian dances and cultural diplomacy
Don Saa-Aondo Iorngurum* and Richard Tsevende

¹Department of Theatre Arts, Benue State University, Makurdi
²Benue State Council for Arts and Culture, Makurdi.

*Corresponding Author’s E-mail: siorngurum@gmail.com

Accepted 18 April, 2013

Abstract

Dances are generally taken as cultural material for entertainment with no other values.  In this paper, the writers have carefully examined a number of other ways Nigerian dances have been employed in the contemporary times.  The paper has argued that Nigerian dances can be used for much more than entertainment and concluded that already, Nigerian dances have been used successfully for cultural diplomacy in a number of nations and as such this should be upheld. 

Keywords: Dance, culture, Nigeria