Journal of Development Communication And Applied Theatre

This challenge of coping with the beliefs of each religion in our country is an issue that has been of great concern to the nation Nigeria, especially with the emergence of terrorist insurgency, that are claiming to be fighting for the cause of Allah in the name of religion. This has made the country to lag behind in substantive and sustainable development. This work adopts the content analysis approach of the qualitative research methodology to analyze Victims written by Tume to expose drama as a means of education, liberation and self discovery of our youths to abstain from terrorism. Relevant literature reviews on terrorism were undertaken to help in giving more relevance to the work. The study concludes that drama has the potentials of sharpening social awareness and presenting alternative approach of solving societal problems. This study recommends that pro-active action should be taken against terrorism related activities through the use of Theatrical techniques for mass mobilisation and conscientisation of our youths and save the nation from further destruction and sustain development.

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