A history of theatre in Africa

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Author:

Banham, Martin.

ISBN:

9780521808132

Publication Information:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Physical Description:

xvii, 478 p. ; 23 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

1. Concepts of history and theatre in Africa / Kole Omotoso -- 2. North Africa -- Egypt / Ahmed Zaki -- Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia / Kamal Salhi -- Sudan / Khalid AlMubarak Mustafa -- 3. Francophone Africa south of the Sahara / John Conteh-Morgan -- 4. Anglophone West Africa -- Nigeria / Dapo Adelugba, Olu Obafemi and Sola Adeyemi -- Ghana / James Gibbs -- Sierra Leone / Mohamed Sheriff -- A note on recent anglophone Cameroonian theatre / Asheri Kilo -- 5. East Africa -- Ethiopia and Eritrea / Jane Plastow -- Kenya / Ciarunji Chesaina and Evan Mwangi -- Tanzania / Amandina Lihamba -- Uganda / Eckhard Breitinger -- 6. Southern Africa / David Kerr and Stephen Chifunyise -- 7. South Africa / Yvette Hutchison -- 8. Theatre in Portuguese-speaking African countries / Luis R. Mitras -- 9. Mauritius and Reunion / Roshni Mooneeram -- 10. Surviving the crossing : theatre in the African diaspora / Osita Okagbue.

Abstract:

"This book aims to offer a broad history of theatre in Africa, covering the entire continent. The roots of African theatre are ancient and complex and lie in areas of community festival, seasonal rhythm and religious ritual, as well as in the work of popular entertainers and storytellers. Since the 1950s, in a movement that has paralleled the political emancipation of so much of the continent, there has also grown a theatre that comments back from the colonized world to the world of the colonists and explores its own cultural, political and linguistic identity. A History of Theatre in Africa offers a comprehensive account of this long and varied chronicle and is written by a team of scholars in the field."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Theater -- Africa -- History.

Performing arts -- Africa -- History.

Added Author:

Banham, Martin.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/2003055280.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam032/2003055280.html

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This book aims to offer a broad history of theatre in Africa. The roots of African theatre are ancient and complex and lie in areas of community festival, seasonal rhythm and religious ritual, as well as in the work of popular entertainers and storytellers. Since the 1950s, in a movement that has paralleled the political emancipation of so much of the continent, there has also grown a theatre that comments back from the colonized world to the world of the colonists and explores its own cultural, political and linguistic identity. A History of Theatre in Africa offers a comprehensive, yet accessible, account of this long and varied chronicle, written by a team of scholars in the field. Chapters include an examination of the concepts of 'history' and 'theatre'; North Africa; Francophone theatre; Anglophone West Africa; East Africa; Southern Africa; Lusophone African theatre; Mauritius and Reunion; and the African diaspora.