Theatre for Development Centre, Zaria, Nigeria

History
TFDC was established in 2000 as the research and training unit of the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance (NPTA), a network of people and organisations in Nigeria using performing arts as a means to participatory development. TFDC is affiliated to the Department of Theatre and Performing Arts of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria, which played a pioneering role in establishing Theatre for Development as an academic field of study and action in Nigeria.

Mission
TFDC pursues social development by sharing with people inside and outside the academic context the wealth of experience with participatory development strategies built since 1989 when NPTA was founded. It similarly seeks to share the expertise of scholars in the ABU Department of Theatre and Performing Arts involved in developing and studying participatory development techniques since 1975.

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