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African drama and performance

/ edited by John Conteh-Morgan and Tejumola Olaniyan

Secondary Authors:
  • Conteh-Morgan, John, Editeur scientifique Idref
  • Olaniyan, Tejumola, Editeur scientifique Idref
  • Language: anglaisCountry: ETATS-UNISPublication: Bloomington (Ind.): Indiana University Press, cop. 2004Description: 1 vol. (VI-274 p.); 24 cmppn: 082724253 SUDOCISBN: 0-253-34439-5 ; 0-253-21701-6Collection: African expressive cultures / Patrick McNaughtonClassification: 3 (Sub-Saharan Africa)Contents note: King Baabu and the Renaissance vision / Wole Soyinka Dimensions of theatricality in Africa / Joachim Fiebach Theatre and anthropology, theatricality, and culture / Johannes Fabian Pre-texts and intermedia: African theatre and the question of history / Ato Quayson Soyinka, Euripides, and the anxiety of empire / Isidore Okpewho Antigone in the "land of the incorruptible": Sylvain Bemba's Noces posthumes pour santigone (black wedding candles for blessed-Antigone) / John Conteh-Morgan Gestural interpretation of the occult in the Bin Kadi-so adaptation of Macbeth / Marie-José Hourantier Yoruba gods on the American stage: August Wilson's Joe Turner's come and gone / Sandra L. Richards Femi Osofisan: the form of uncommon sense / Tejumola Olaniyan Revolution and recidivism: the problem of Kenyan history in the plays of Ngugi wa Thiong'o / Nicholas Brown The politics and theatre of Sony Labou Tansi / Dominic Thomas Theatre for development and TV nation: notes on educational soap opera in South Africa / Loren Kruger Literacy, improvisation, and the virtual script in Yoruba popular theatre / Karin Barber "How they see it": the politics and aesthetics of Nigeria video films / Akin Adesokan Modernity's trickster: "dipping" and "throwing" in congolese popular dance music / Bob W. White Theatres of truth, acts of reconciliation: the TRC in South Africa / Catherine Cole The Turner-Schechner model of performance as social drama: a reexamination in light of Anlo-Ewe Haló / Daniel Avorgbedor Theatricality and social mimodrama pius / Ngandu Nkashama Bibliography: Bibliogr. p. [249]-268. IndexSubject - Topical Name: Théâtre -- Afrique 20e siècle | Arts du spectacle -- Afrique 20e siècle | Théâtre africain -- 20e siècle Histoire et critique | Theater -- Africa -- History -- 20th century | Performing arts -- Africa -- History -- 20th century | African drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism List(s) this item appears in: Pius Ngandu Nkasham
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    "A Research in African Literatures Book."

    Bibliogr. p. [249]-268. Index

    King Baabu and the Renaissance vision / Wole Soyinka Dimensions of theatricality in Africa / Joachim Fiebach Theatre and anthropology, theatricality, and culture / Johannes Fabian Pre-texts and intermedia: African theatre and the question of history / Ato Quayson Soyinka, Euripides, and the anxiety of empire / Isidore Okpewho Antigone in the "land of the incorruptible": Sylvain Bemba's Noces posthumes pour santigone (black wedding candles for blessed-Antigone) / John Conteh-Morgan Gestural interpretation of the occult in the Bin Kadi-so adaptation of Macbeth / Marie-José Hourantier Yoruba gods on the American stage: August Wilson's Joe Turner's come and gone / Sandra L. Richards Femi Osofisan: the form of uncommon sense / Tejumola Olaniyan Revolution and recidivism: the problem of Kenyan history in the plays of Ngugi wa Thiong'o / Nicholas Brown The politics and theatre of Sony Labou Tansi / Dominic Thomas Theatre for development and TV nation: notes on educational soap opera in South Africa / Loren Kruger Literacy, improvisation, and the virtual script in Yoruba popular theatre / Karin Barber "How they see it": the politics and aesthetics of Nigeria video films / Akin Adesokan Modernity's trickster: "dipping" and "throwing" in congolese popular dance music / Bob W. White Theatres of truth, acts of reconciliation: the TRC in South Africa / Catherine Cole The Turner-Schechner model of performance as social drama: a reexamination in light of Anlo-Ewe Haló / Daniel Avorgbedor Theatricality and social mimodrama pius / Ngandu Nkashama

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