West African Popular Theatre

ISBN-13: 9780253210777 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 312 str.

Kim Barber; Karin Barber; Alain Ricard

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..". a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature... " -Research in African Literatures"Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." -Leeds African Studies Bulletin"A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. " -Margaret Drewal"A fine book. The play texts are treasures." -Richard BaumanAfrican popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria.