Dr. Liwhuliwhe Betiang
DepartmentTheatre and Media Studies
DesignationAssociate Professor
EmailAbout Dr. Liwhuliwhe Betiang
Dr. Liwhu Betiang obtained a liberal university education from the University of Ife (BA, Dramatic Arts) in 1985; University of Calabar (MA, Arts Administration); and the premier University of Ibadan (PhD, Media Arts Administration & Criticism). With brief teaching spells and a decade of broadcasting with NTA Maiduguri/Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC), he joined the University of Calabar in 1998. Outside many academic publications in books and co-edited volumes, (Theatre & Media in the Third Millennium (2016, with Edde Iji & Andrew-Essien) and reputable journals (including Sage, RiDE, Sociolinguistics, KOME; and Texture, etc.) he has also published three novels: Beneath the Rubble (2009), The Cradle on the Scales (2011), The Rape of Hope (2016); and the Plays: Our Forest Our Future (2000, with Arikpo Arikpo and Barclays Ayakoroma); and, Echoes of Mary Slessor (2017, with Senate Ewah). He also writes and produces for Radio/TV (including the series/serials: The Twist, and Linda’s Joint). Beyond mentorship through graduate supervision, he has also groomed budding writers as longest running Chairman of Carnival Calabar Literary Competition; and is also a Trinidad & Tobago trained Carnival Adjudicator. Dr. Liwhu Betiang is currently a permanent Faculty member and Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film & Carnival Studies, University of Calabar, where he teaches Critical Theory, Criticism and Media Studies; and has also taught in related departments at the University of Jos; and Cross River University of Technology, Calabar. He’s on the editorial boards of several journals; and a Publons’ recognized reviewer. Betiang has consulted for Living Earth Nigeria Foundation (LENF) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in the field of Media Scripting, Production and Community Development Interventions.
| S/N | Qualification | School Atttended | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First School Leaving Certificate | Government Primary School, Kutiang, Obudu, Cross River State | 1969 | 1973 delete_forever | |
| WASC | Government Secondary School, Obudu, Cross River State | 1973 | 1978 delete_forever | |
| B.A. Dramatic Arts | University of Ife, Ife, Osun State | 1982 | 1985 delete_forever | |
| M.A. Arts Administration | University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria | 1993 | 2001 delete_forever | |
| PhD Media Art Administration and Criticism | University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria | 2002 | 2009 delete_forever |
| S/N | Publication |
|---|---|
| Betiang, L., Akpan, B. (2018). The African writer at digital cross-roads: A preliminary interrogation of literary production in Nigeria/the global-south within 21st century media convergence. KOME−An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry, 6(1), 14 - 31. | |
| Betiang, L. (2018). Viral dimensions of apartheid: Dramatic representation of the undying ghost of human oppression across spaces. Texture: A Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2(1), 1 - 16. | |
| Betiang, L., Iji, E. & Andrew-Essien, E. Eds. (2017). Theatre & media in the third millennium. Ibadan: Kraft Books, xxxvii-447pp. ISBN: 978-978-918-437-8. | |
| Betiang, L. & Ewah, S. (2017). Echoes of Mary Slessor: A Play in Multimedia. Uyo: Charlie Educational Pubs, 73pp. ISBN: 978-8134-16-5. | |
| Betiang, L. (2016). The rape of hope: Diary of a wasted generation. Ibadan: Kraft Griots, 347pp. ISBN: 978-978-918-393-7. | |
| Betiang, L. (2015). Global knowledge economy in the post-colony: Public universities and scholarship in Nigeria. A Journal of Theatre & Media Studies, 1(1), 20 - 31. | |
| Betiang, L. (2014). Fundamentals of dramatic literature & criticism. Revised ed. Calabar: Thumbprints, 158pp. ISBN: 978-2845-21-3. | |
| Betiang, L. (2013). Imperial language from Babel to Pentecost: Achebe’s Dead Men’s Path as negotiation of presences on the verandahs of the global forum. In Beyond the Boundaries: Toyin Falola and the Art of Genre Bending.-. Ed. Nana A. Amponsah. Trenton NJ: AWP, pp 595-611. | |
| Betiang, L. (2012). A critical survey of cultural perspectives in the drama of James Ene Henshaw, 1924-2003. Lwati, 9(1), 120 - 33. | |
| Betiang, L. (2011). Promethean atavism and mythopoesis in the drama of Wole Soyinka. Imbizo: International Journal of African Literary and Comparative Studies, 2(2), 61 - 74. | |
| Betiang, L. (2011). The cradle on the scales. Milton Keynes: Author House, 208pp.ISBN: 978-1-4567-7019-8. | |
| Betiang, L. (2010). Theatre of rural empowerment: The example of Living Earth Nigeria Foundation’s community theatre initiative in Cross River State Nigeria. RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, 15(1), 59 - 78. | |
| Betiang, L. (2009). Communicating environmental issues to post-modern urban audiences through popular arts. The Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre & Media Studies, 3(1), 58 - 77. | |
| Betiang, L. (2009). Beneath the rubble. Ibadan: Kraft Griots, 189pp. ISBN: 978-4900—6-2 | |
| Betiang, L. (2006). Broadcasting in Nigeria: Policies and management. In Encyclopaedia of the Arts, 3(1), 62 - 72. | |
| Betiang, L. (2006). Postmodernism in Nigerian drama: A reading of Wole Soyinka’s The Beatification of Area Boy as postmodern carnivalesque. In Wole Soyinka: An Anthology of Recent Criticism. Ed. Anjali Gera Roy. Delhi: Pencraft International, 144-161 | |
| Betiang, L. (2005). Managing the Nigerian cultural imaginary: The incipient crises of globalization. Global Journal of Humanities, 4(1&2), 35 - 42. | |
| Betiang, L. Arikpo A. Ayakoroma, B. (2000). Our Forest our future and other plays.(Plays from Living Earth Nigeria Foundation’s community theatre initiative in Cross River State). Port Harcourt: LENF, 199pp. ISBN: 978-35500-1. |
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| S/N | Conference | Description | Started | Finished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Media Conference on HIV/AIDS, (SWAA/PANOS), Lusaka – Zambia. | Nil. | 2002-06-21 | 2002-06-30 | |
| The British Academy Early Career Researchers Workshop/ASAUK Writing Workshop; British Council, Accra/ University of Ghana, Legon – Ghana. | Betiang, L. (2012) Media globalization and changing identities in Nigeria. | 2012-04-23 | 2012-04-26 | |
| Field Training in Carnival Adjudication; Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. | Nil. | 2013-02-09 | 2013-02-20 | |
| 39th Annual Conference of African Literature Association; Charleston, South Carolina - USA, March. | The Inclusiveness of new media/technologies of freedom and the emancipation of the ‘other’ in third world Nigeria. | 2013-03-20 | 2013-03-24 | |
| 39th Annual Conference of African Literature Association; Charleston, South Carolina, USA. | Betiang, L. (2013) The Inclusiveness of new media/technologies of freedom and the emancipation of the ‘other’ in third world Nigeria. | 2013-03-20 | 2013-03-24 | |
| International Conference on African Literature & English Language (ICALEL), University of Calabar. | Betiang, L. & Nkang, P. (2013) When Queen’s English becomes noise: Managing language and communication in community drama performances in the LENF theatre initiative. | 2013-05-20 | 2013-05-27 | |
| African History Conference; University of North Carolina, Wilmington; USA. | Betiang, L. (2013) Imperial language from Babel to Pentecost: Achebe’s Dead Men’s Path as negotiation of presences on the verandahs of the global forum. | 2013-10-12 | 2013-10-15 | |
| 1st Calabar International Conference of Theatre & Media, University of Calabar. | Betiang, L. (2015) The Trojan horse of globalizing media and changing identities in Nigeria. | 2015-09-23 | 2015-09-27 | |
| a) African Theatre Association (AfTA) International Conference, held at University of Abuja. | Nil. | 2016-07-21 | 2016-07-25 | |
| African Theatre Association (AfTA) International Conference, University of Abuja. | Nil. | 2016-07-21 | 2016-07-26 | |
| Society of Nigeria Theatre Artists (SONTA) Annual Convention & International Conference, University of Port Harcourt. | Betiang, L. & Akpan, B. (2017). The African writer at digital cross-roads: A Preliminary interrogation of literary production in Nigeria. | 2017-11-01 | 2017-11-03 | |
| 2nd Calabar International Conference of Theatre & Media, University of Calabar. | Betiang, L. (2019). The emerging ‘democracy emperors’ at the bridgehead of Nigerian post-colony and a national integration project. | 2019-08-27 | 2019-08-31 |