A History of theatre in Africa /

A History of theatre in Africa /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 478 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Theater -- Africa -- History.
Performing arts -- Africa -- History.
Théâtre -- Afrique -- Histoire.
Arts du spectacle -- Afrique -- Histoire.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
Performing arts.
Theater.
Toneel.
Africa.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814717
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Varying Form of Title:History of theater in Africa
Other authors / contributors:Banham, Martin.
ISBN:9780511193620
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9780511314100
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This is the first full history of theatre in Africa and offers a comprehensive, yet accessible, account of this long and varied chronicle. Chapters include an examination of the concepts of 'history' and 'theatre'; North Africa; Francophone theatre; Anglophone West Africa; East Africa; Southern Africa; Lusophone African theatre; and Mauritius.
Other form:Print version: History of theatre in Africa. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004
Table of Contents:
  • Concepts of history and theatre in Africa / Kole Omotoso
  • North Africa. Egypt / Ahmed Zaki ; Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia / Kamal Salhi ; Sudan / Khalid AlMubarak Mustafa
  • Francophone Africa south of the Sahara / John Conteh-Morgan
  • Anglophone West Africa. Nigeria / Dapo Adelugba and Olu Obafemi, with additional material by Sola Adeyemi ; Ghana / James Gibbs ; Sierra Leone / Mohamed Sheriff ; A note on recent Anglophone Cameroonian theatre / Asheri Kolo
  • East Africa. Ethiopia and Eritrea / Jane Plastow ; Kenya / Chiarunji Chesaina and Evan Mwangi ; Tanzania / Amandina Lihamba ; Uganda / Eckhard Breitinger
  • Southern Africa / David Kerr, with Stephen Chifunyise
  • South Africa / Yvette Hutchison
  • Theatre in Portuguese-speaking African countries / Luís R. Mitras
  • Mauritius and Réunion / Roshni Mooneeram
  • Surviving the crossing : theatre in the African Diaspora / Osita Okagbue.

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