African theatre : playwrights & politics
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African theatre : playwrights & politics
James Currey , Indiana University Press , Witwatersrand University Press, 2001
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- : James Currey paper
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African theatre : playwrights and politics
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Original text copyright Dev Virahsawmy, 1991
This version copyright Nisha & Michael Walling, 1999
Includes index(p. 285-291)
Description and Table of Contents
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: Indiana paper ISBN 9780253214584
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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.
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: Indiana cloth ISBN 9780253339591
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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.
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: James Currey cloth ISBN 9780852555934
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African playwrights remain aware of the political dimension of their work. This volume in the African Theatre series examines, for example, a theatrical collaboration inspired by the infamous execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and raises issues around the power and politics of language in a Mauritian version of The Tempest.
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: James Currey paper ISBN 9780852555989
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Includes the playscript of Toufann by Dev Virahsawmy, an English version of his Mauritian Creole interpretation of The Tempest.
African playwrights remain aware of the political dimension of their work. This volume in the African Theatre series examines, for example, a theatrical collaboration inspired by the infamous execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and raisesissues around the power and politics of language in a Mauritian version of The Tempest.
Series editors: Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan
North America: Indiana U Press; South Africa: Wits U Press
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