CiNii Books - African theatre : women

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.

Volume: : James Currey cloth ISBN 9780852555910

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Women have struggled to be heard in the world of modern African theatre. Traditionally they had secure roles as dancers, singers and storytellers, but as theatre became professionalised and commercialised, control increasingly laywith the literate elites. This volume is testimony to the scope of their work as playwrights, musicians and actors from the Algerian diaspora to the new South Africa. Guest edited by JANE PLASTOW North America:Indiana U Press; South Africa: Wits U Press

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Obituary - Rose Mbowa, Viv Gardner et al
from a playwright's notebook, Khalid Al Mubarak Mustafa
Bole Butake's strategies as a political playwright, Eckhard Breitinger
Ife convocation plays as politics - an examination of some past productions, Foluke Ogunleye. Part 1 The plays of Femi Osofisan: politics of aesthetics, Sam Ukala
continuing the intercultural debate, Victor Ukaegbu
"once upon four robbers" - review, Awo Asiedu. Part 2 Two Ghanian playwrights: Joe de Graft and the Ghana cultural revival, Obi Maduakor
a theatrical prophet with strange honours - a response to a profile of Joe de Graft by Kofi Agovi, James Gibbs
Mohammed Ben-Abdallah, Awo Asiedu. Part 3 Language and politics -island plays: interviews with Dev Virahsawmy and Michael Walling, Jane Wilkinson
translating "The Tempest" - Dev Virahsawmy's "Toufann", cultural creolization and the rise of Mauritian creole, Shawkat Toorawa
Aime Cesaire's "Une Tempete" - a British premiere at the Gate Theatre, Philip Crispin
"Ubu" in reunion - the rise and fall of the Theatre Vollard, Peter Hawkins. Part 4 Puppets and politics: Horse and Bamboo productions with linking comments, Martin Banham
"Harvest of Ghosts" the story of a collaboration, Sam Ukala et al. Part 5 Follow up - theatre in development: making sense project - promoting entrepreneurship by theatre and radio in southern Africa, Nicholas Mukaronda
noticeboard
playscript -"Toufann", Dev Virahsawmy
theatre reviews.

Volume: : James Currey paper ISBN 9780852555965

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Includes the playscript of Glass House by Fatima Dike with a brief introduction by Marcia Blumberg. Women have struggled to be heard in the world of modern African theatre. Traditionally they had secure roles as dancers, singers and storytellers, but as theatre became professionalised and commercialised, control increasingly laywith the literate elites. This volume is testimony to the scope of their work as playwrights, musicians and actors from the Algerian diaspora to the new South Africa. Guest edited by JANE PLASTOW North America: Indiana U Press; South Africa: Wits U Press

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Editorial Jane Plastow - 'I will not cry': women's theatre in the Algerian diaspora by Laura Chakravarty Box - Challenging the master: resisting 'male' virtues of the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis in the theatre of Tawfik al-Hakim & Nawal al-Sa'dawi by Dina Amin - Of Suwa houses & singing contests: early urban performers in Asmara, Eritrea by Christine Matzke - Contextualising women's theatre in Kenya: Mboya's Otongolia & Mwachofie's Mama ee by Mike Kuria - Portraits of women in contemporary Ugandan theatre by Mercy Mirembe Ntangaare - Drama in her life: interview with Adeline Ama Buabeng by Esi Sutherland-Addy with Adeline Ama Buabeng - Visibility, eloquence & silence: women & theatre for development in Ghana by Esi Dogbe - Contemporary Nigerian theatre: the plays of Stella Oyedepo by Chris Dunton - Who can silence her drums?: an analysis of the plays of Tess Onwueme by Omofolabo Ajayi - Noticeboard compiled by James Gibbs - Playscript: Glass House by Fatima Dike with brief introduction by Marcia Blumberg - Book Reviews

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