Design properties and costumes as identifiers of cultural diversification among the Bura and Tiv people in climate change

Abstract

Climate change in Nigeria has created a substantial human population movement and expanding design concepts due to ecological effects. It has necessitated constant research on ways of solving human needs in order to survive. One of those needs is a cultural practice that has been diversified by industrial production, occasioning loss of some natural materials, to build properties and costumes that can meet a large population demand. Using the direct observation, interview, historical-analytic and investigative approaches, this article posits that given the circumstances of climate change, there are elements of cultural diversification between the Bura and Tiv people that can be identified using performance properties and costumes. The conclusion is that climate change has increased creativity, accessibility, saved time, energy, and cost of consumption as well as increased durability of stage design materials among the studied ethnicities.