This second volume ofA History of East African Theatrefocuses on central East Africa; on Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. The first chapter is concerned with francophone theatres, comparatively studying work coming out of Burundi and Rwanda alongside a focus on French language theatre in Djibouti. The chapter is particularly concerned to explore how French and Belgian cultural policies impacted theatre during the colonial period and how the French ideas ofFrancafriqueand promotion of elite, French language art have continued to resonate in the post-colonial present. Chapters Two...