| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 478 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Theater -- Africa -- History
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Performing arts -- Africa -- History
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Performing arts
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Theater
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Toneel.
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Banham, Martin
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| ISBN |
9780511193620 |
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0511193629 |
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9780521808132 |
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0521808138 |
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0511194366 |
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9780511194368 |
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0511195052 |
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9780511195051 |
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0511195710 |
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9780511195716 |
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1280477660 |
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9781280477669 |
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1316085678 |
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9781316085677 |
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0511314108 |
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9780511314100 |
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