African theatre : playwrights & politics

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Author:

Banham, Martin.

ISBN:

9780253339591

9780253214584

9780852555934

9780852555989

Publication Information:

Oxford : J. Currey ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2001.

Physical Description:

xxi, 291 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

From a playwright's notebook / Khalid Al Mubarak Mustafa -- Bole Butake's strategies as a political playwright / Eckhard Breitinger -- Ife convocation plays as politics / Foluke Ogunleye -- Politics as aesthetics / Sam Ukala -- Once upon four robbers / Victor Ukaegbu -- Once upon four robbers / Awo Asiedu -- Joe de Graft and the Ghana cultural revival / Obi Maduakor -- Joe de Graft: theatrical prophet with strange honours / James Gibbs -- Mohammed Ben-Abdallah at fifty / Anthony A. Aidoo and James Gibbs -- Land of a million magicians / James Gibbs -- Interview with Mohammed Ben-Abdallah / Awo Asiedu -- Interviews with Dev Virahsawmy and Michael Walling / Jane Wilkinson -- 'Translating' The tempest / Shawkat M. Toorawa -- Aimâe Câesaire's Une tempãete / Philip Crisin -- Ubu in râeunion / Peter Hawkins -- Harvest of ghosts / Sam Ukala ... [et al.] -- Making sense project / Nicholas Mukaronda -- Noticeboard / James Gibbs -- Playscript: Toufann / Dev Virahsawmy ; in an English version by Nisha and Michael Walling.

Subject Term:

African drama -- History and criticism.

Theater -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.

Politics and literature -- Africa -- History -- 20th century.

Politics in literature.

Added Author:

Banham, Martin.

Gibbs, James.

Osofisan, Femi.

Electronic Access:

Table of Contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001024502.html

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Summary

This second annual volume in the African Theatre series focuses on the intersection of politics and theatre in Africa today. Topics include the remarkable collaboration between Horse and Bamboo, a puppet theatre company based in the United Kingdom, and Nigerian playwright Sam Ukala that was inspired by the infamous execution of Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni activists; the plays of Femi Osofisan; and plays by Ghanaian playwrights Joe de Graft and Mohammed Ben-Abdallah. African Theatre features the work of Mauritian playwright Dev Virahsawmy and includes an interview with him, reviews of an English production of his play, Toufann, as well as the translated playscript. Reports of workshops and conferences, reviews, and news of the year in African theatre make this volume a valuable resource for anyone interested in current issues in African drama and performance.