Yoruba ; Ronu: Tradition, Youth And Cultural Citizenship In Tunde Kelani'S Films

The article analyses and reflects on the intergenerational relationship between Yoruba performance traditions, Tunde Kelani's films and contemporary youth theatrical practices in Nigeria. I focus on the engagement of youth in the production of some of Kelani's well-known video films and explore how these works participate in the generation of a new public in the new social context. Based on an examination of Tunde Kelani's collaboration with Crown Troupe of Africa, a Lagos-based youth street theatre troupe, the article suggests that, rather than a 'degeneration' of popular performance culture, contemporary video culture in Nigeria has continuously recycled the prevalent political morality derived from earlier performance genres, and constitutes a crucial site of youth mobilisation and activism in contemporary Nigeria.