African Theatres and Performances

ISBN-13: 9780415540858 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 208 str.

Okagbue, Osita

Opis

This text looks at four performances in Africa and uses this to question the tendency in much western and some non-western scholarship to employ western frames of reference to examine/appreciate every kind of theatre or performance.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Mmonwu: Igbo Masquerade Theatre  3. Bori: A Hausa Ritual Theatre  4.  Jaliya: The Art of Mandinka Griots and Griottes  5. Koteba (Kote-tlon): Comedy and Satire of the Bamana  6. Conclusion

O autorze

Dr Osita Okagbue is Lecturer in the Drama department of Goldsmiths College, University of London.