Esther Akumbo Nyam

Esther Akumbo Nyam is a Lecturer at Plateau State University in Nigeria, specializing in community theatre and development. Her research focuses on the intersection of material culture, collective action, and identity formation, particularly in post-conflict reconciliation processes within Nigeria's Middle Belt region.

• Research Interests: Material culture studies, conflict resolution, theatre for development, cultural innovation in fragile democracies, and post-crisis community trust rebuilding.
• Project: Trust and Reconciliation: Presentation of the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria, analyzing performance theory and cultural innovation theory in conflict zones.
• Publications: Highlight participatory theatre in sustainable development, polio eradication challenges, and political discourse in fragile democracies.