Education
Scholars Adjudge Poetry As Therapy For Societal Problems
Poetry has been adjudged to be therapy for solving societal challenges as scholars at the first Professor Kontein Trinya International Symposium at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, expressed.
The symposium which had its theme as “Therapoetics: Affective Literature”, was organised with the Department of English and Communication Art in honour of Kontein Trinya, a Professor of Poetry at the university, was held at the school premises, recently.
The keynote speaker, Professor Onyemaechi Udumuku, posited that in a nation like Nigeria that desire positive change, that poetry has the capacity to reduce the numerous challenges confronting the country , if applied effectively.
Udumuku attributed the effectiveness of poetry in this regard to its ability to stimulate creative and critical thinking that make society better.
Similarly, the lead paper presenter, Dr. Psalms Chinaka, while admitting that it would be difficult to have a perfect social, economic, and political system in Nigeria, noted that poetry could stimulate better policies that would guide the system of governance to improve the well-being of citizens.
In the same vein, the chairman of the symposium organizing committee, Dr. Progress Umor, disclosed that the event was organised “to honour a perfect gentleman who is down to earth.
Umor also pointed out that the symposium would become an annual event where scholars would “further expand the ideas and research focus of Professor Kontein Trinya.”
By: King Onunwor
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