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The ¿rst comprehensive publication on the subject, this book investigates interactions between racial thinking and the stage in the modern and contemporary world, with 25 essays on case studies that will shed light on areas previously neglected by criticism while providing fresh perspectives on already-investigated contexts. Examining performances from Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, China, Australia, New Zealand, and the South ...

The ¿rst comprehensive publication on the subject, this book investigates interactions between racial thinking and the stage in the modern and contemporary world, with 25 essays on case studies that will shed light on areas previously neglected by criticism while providing fresh perspectives on already-investigated contexts. Examining performances from Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, China, Australia, New Zealand, and the South ...

Theatre and Performance in East Africa looks at indigenous performances to unearth the aesthetic principles, sensibilities and critical framework that underpin African performance and theatre.

Theatre and Performance in East Africa looks at indigenous performances to unearth the aesthetic principles, sensibilities and critical framework that underpin African performance and theatre.

This book looks at four performances in Africa and uses these to question the tendency in much western and non-western scholarship the idea that cultures produce the kind of performances that satisfy the aesthetic and social needs of people.

Because of a shared experience of European colonialism and trans-Atlantic slavery, issues of culture and identity are major concerns for African and Caribbean playwrights. Slavery and colonialism had involved systematic acts of cultural denigration, de-humanization and loss of freedom, which left imprints on the collective psyches of the colonized Africans and enslaved peoples of African descent in the Caribbean. Both experiences brought inten...

African Performance Review is a triennial, peer-reviewed journal of the African Theatre Association. For sales/subscription inquiry, please contact: sales@adonis-abbey.com. To contribute to the journal or for other editorial issues, please contact the journal's editor(Dr Osita Okagbue) African Performance Review, Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London, Email: AfTA@gold.ac.uk. Articles in this issue are:Written Over, Written Out:...

In keeping with the aims of the African Theatre Association (AfTA) and the editorial board, the essays offered in this volume of African Performance Review have been selected to reflect the vibrant diversity which characterises African theatre and performance. The essays deal with a broad range of African theatre and performance forms and practices.