| Description |
1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- I Articles -- 'Man in the Mirror' The Issue of Appropriation in the Exchange between African & African American Popular Cultures -- NAFEST Danceturgy in Search of Integration & Identity A Study of Selected Nasarawa State Dance Entries -- Carnivalization of Indigenous Performance Forms & the Demystification of Ritual Essence in Costume & Mask Designs of Masquerade Art -- An Initial Investigation into Contemporary Theatre Audiences in Malawi -- Exploring Educational Theatre & Peer Learning to Combat Stigma & Myths about Albinism in School Settings in Malawi -- Performing the Nation: Incorporating Cultural Performances into Theatre in Ethiopia -- Orality & the Folktale: Reflections on Anansesɛm & its Metaphysical Content -- Playscript: The Inspector & the Hero -- Book Reviews -- Yvette Hutchison & Amy Jephta (eds), Contemporary Plays by African Women -- Tiziana Morosetti (ed.), Africa on the Contemporary London Stage -- Austin C. Okigbo, Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health: Ethnography of a South African AIDS Choir -- Emmanuel N. Ngwang and Kenneth Usongo, Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake -- Samuel Kasule, Walukagga the Black Smith -- Judith G. Miller (ed.), Chantal Bilodeau (trans.), Seven Plays of Koffi Kwahulé: In and Out of Africa -- Frida M. Mbunda-Nekang, Thorns and Roses: A Play |
| Summary |
Highlighted in this volume is the detective play The Inspector and the Hero by Femi Osofisan, one of Africa's leading playwrights. The play has until now only been published in Nigeria |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Apr 2020) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
African drama (English)
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DRAMA / African.
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African drama (English)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Okoye, Chukwuma, editor
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| ISBN |
1787446956 |
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9781787446953 |
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