The series of which this volume forms part of, is an international co-operative publication on the history of world theatre. In six volumes, WECT documents artistic development all over the world, country by country, region by region. Volumes one and two, are on Europe and the Americas respectively and are published. This third volume in the series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on 44 African countries are featured, preceded by introductory essays on Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences...

Now available in paperback for the first time this edition of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on thirty-two African countries are featured in this volume, preceded by specialist introductory essays on Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences and Puppetry. There are also special introductory general essays on African theatre written by Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka and the outstanding Congolese playwright, Sony Labou Tansi, before his...