Armed Response: Plays from South Africa
ISBN: 9781906497071 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a phenomenon of history with social, political, cultural implications, the entire 'negotiated' experience makes the South African situation unique in both the African and global context. As this phenomenon unfolds, many fascinating new artistic influences are being explored to capture the diverse cultural depths and questions of identity unleashed by the demise of apartheid. This collection of plays reflects certain key trends in both subject matter and aesthetics prevalent in South Africa at this crucial moment in history. An introductory essay for the anthology will provide the reader...
As a phenomenon of history with social, political, cultural implications, the entire 'negotiated' experience makes the South African situation unique ...
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100,75 zł |
An Evil Meal of Evil
ISBN: 9789956558902 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Evil Meal of Evil is a play about greed and its consequences. Set in the traditional African village of 'Ntisong', the play exposes the complexities of unravelling the issue of Death. Sunyin, the young wife of Dohbani epitomizes what is wrong with coerced marriages. A group of blood thirsty vampires popularly known in the village as members of 'Nda Saah' superstitiously kill targeted individuals purposely to enrich themselves. Sunyin, the protagonist in the play suffers from a premature widowhood simply because her father Njukebim forced her into marrying Dohbani. As the play unravels with...
An Evil Meal of Evil is a play about greed and its consequences. Set in the traditional African village of 'Ntisong', the play exposes the complexitie...
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Tussles. Collected Plays
ISBN: 9789956558544 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection groups together four plays - The Bite, Things Fall in Place, The Will and The Imprisonment of Sende Ghandi - written between 1995 and 2006. The plays in this volume dramatize a comprehensive world view. Through characters and themes chosen for their power to articulate the intended message, the plays paint a convincing and at times funny picture of human beings tussling with daily life. With clearly non-reductionist purpose, the actions all eschew the narrow minority questions so dominant in Cameroon Anglophone drama and instead reach out to concerns of a broader nature.
In... This collection groups together four plays - The Bite, Things Fall in Place, The Will and The Imprisonment of Sende Ghandi - written between 1995 and ...
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153,80 zł |
The Lord of Anomy
ISBN: 9789956558674 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1875 the Rozvi Kingdom, now in present day Zimbabwe, is indistinctly besieged from within by the convergence of a missionary, Rev. Holbrook, a militant British bourgeoisie aspiring for knighthood, Sir Crowler, and an immorally amorous war emissary allegedly from King Cetshwayo of the feared Zulu Kingdom. The 'Zulu' ambassador uncompromisingly makes painstaking demands. While Rev. Holbrook is earnest in his endeavours, Sir Crowler is adamant the natives are enemies of both God and Britain meant for annihilation. The elders cannot consult the oracles; all diviners having fled before the...
In 1875 the Rozvi Kingdom, now in present day Zimbabwe, is indistinctly besieged from within by the convergence of a missionary, Rev. Holbrook, a mili...
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153,80 zł |
Culture and Identity in African and Caribbean Theatre
ISBN: 9781905068609 / Angielski / Twarda / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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168,76 zł |
Karoo Moose
ISBN: 9781840029321 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a remote and impoverished village in the Karoo, a young girl, Thozama, struggles to survive. A violent, terrifying incident and a chance encounter with an escaped moose change her life for ever.A story of pain, redemption and hope, combining traditional African story-telling and magical realism.
In a remote and impoverished village in the Karoo, a young girl, Thozama, struggles to survive. A violent, terrifying incident and a chance encounter ...
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60,40 zł |
The Hill Barbers
ISBN: 9789956616039 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crafted in a colourful, razor-sharp blend of poetry and prose, The Hill Barbers depicts the wanton destruction of water catchments in most communities in Africa. This is inextricably linked to the traditional practice of shifting cultivation, motivated largely by farmers' struggle to acquire more arable farmland to meet the needs of their rapidly growing families. The immediate consequence is acute water shortages, with obvious health and economic implications. Agro-forestry and other soil management techniques are subtly proposed as practical measures to effectively address the issue of...
Crafted in a colourful, razor-sharp blend of poetry and prose, The Hill Barbers depicts the wanton destruction of water catchments in most communities...
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Shrouded Blessings
ISBN: 9789956616077 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shrouded Blessings is a tale of four people on a collision course. Naomi, a Xhosa schoolgirl and enchantress given to prostitution that counts the S.A Police Commissioner among her clientele, approaches Fr Bryn Flynn, an Irish priest at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King, in Johannesburg, for confession. But Fr Flynn is reeling from the consequences of a parishioners botched abortion. To the Cathedral also comes Bonginkosi, inheritor of a business empire, to surrender a bloodthirsty and sexually abusive tokoloshe (goblin). As Naomi enjoys her daring escapades, Bonginkosi is...
Shrouded Blessings is a tale of four people on a collision course. Naomi, a Xhosa schoolgirl and enchantress given to prostitution that counts the S.A...
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164,42 zł |
Queen of Deception: The Deceptive One
ISBN: 9781432744618 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. So, you think you really know the true meaning of the word DECEPTION? If not, why don't you come along and follow THE SAGA into the "INTRIGUING" life of DENISE PARKER and you will soon, without a shadow of a doubt, conclude that she could very easily be defined as a true QUEEN OF DECEPTION.
So, you think you really know the true meaning of the word DECEPTION? If not, why don't you come along and follow THE SAGA into the "INTRIGUING" life ...
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52,79 zł |
The Earth Mother
ISBN: 9789956616480 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fight against evil remains at the core of this play, pitting Kamsi and her supporters against a few daring councillors. Skilfully scripted by a renowned actor and playwright, this drama exposes the alliances and explosive tensions in Nyong village overwhelmed by unseen but supposedly harmful forces. Spiced with witty proverbs and humour, The Earth Mother will not fail to thrill its readers.
The fight against evil remains at the core of this play, pitting Kamsi and her supporters against a few daring councillors. Skilfully scripted by a re...
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153,80 zł |
I Am Not the Father: Narratives of Men Falsely Accused of Paternity
ISBN: 9781426937033 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When M.L. Matthews was a teenager, he found himself falsely accused of paternity; a DNA test proved he was not the father of the child in question. Even so, this false accusation had a tremendous impact on his life. In "I Am Not the Father, " he presents his own tale, as well as the stories of four other men falsely accused of paternity, in hopes of providing a better understanding of the consequences of such claims.
Each man dated the women making false claims-cared about them and had sex with them. Still, DNA tests proved that none of the men in this book were the biological fathers of... When M.L. Matthews was a teenager, he found himself falsely accused of paternity; a DNA test proved he was not the father of the child in question. Ev...
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11-04-81
ISBN: 9781450233187 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book takes one into detail about the first 18 years of my life. The first 18 years of my life was very dramatic, traumatize, and harsh. This book takes the reader into great details about the trail and tribulations of my life. In additional to the first 18 years of my life, I take the reader into a positive realm to some inspirational movement at the end of the book. As I go through each event the reader get a vivid picture in their minds. It touches your emotion in a very different way. This book will make one laugh and cry at the same time. It explores a very painful truthful, sincere,...
This book takes one into detail about the first 18 years of my life. The first 18 years of my life was very dramatic, traumatize, and harsh. This book...
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64,37 zł |
11-04-81
ISBN: 9781450233194 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book takes one into detail about the first 18 years of my life. The first 18 years of my life was very dramatic, traumatize, and harsh. This book takes the reader into great details about the trail and tribulations of my life. In additional to the first 18 years of my life, I take the reader into a positive realm to some inspirational movement at the end of the book. As I go through each event the reader get a vivid picture in their minds. It touches your emotion in a very different way. This book will make one laugh and cry at the same time. It explores a very painful truthful, sincere,...
This book takes one into detail about the first 18 years of my life. The first 18 years of my life was very dramatic, traumatize, and harsh. This book...
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107,42 zł |
The Truth According to An Insane Black Dopefiend
ISBN: 9781432752125 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nita's excellent gift for storytelling is evident in this drama that leaves the reader vacillating between the abyss of human emotions. With blunt depths, she portrays the thoughts of an addict with all their characteristics of blame, rage, denial and guilt in an unforgettable play that shakes the reader's stereotype of the person known as an "addict." As the drama builds, contempt becomes acceptance, and what is fearful is also filled with courage and hope. Nita masterfully portrays emotional intensities in these sessions between patient and psychiatrist. Passive-aggressive, hilarious...
Nita's excellent gift for storytelling is evident in this drama that leaves the reader vacillating between the abyss of human emotions. With bl...
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67,26 zł |
Soundjata, Le Lion : Le Jour Ou La Parole Fut Liberee: Sunjata, The Lion: The Day When The Spoken Word Was Set Free
ISBN: 9781432755881 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. African drama/play-bilingual play (English-French)
Sunjata, The Lion: The Day When The Spoken Word Was Set Free Through spoken words, music, call and response, jest, rhythmic utterance and declamation, the play vividly recreates the historical and epical journey of Sunjata, the genuine lion king, unifier and founder of the 13th century Mali Empire. The legendary figure of Sundjata, the one who gave an official role to jali or the griot, the wordsmith and musical artist; also the one who, according to the tradition, with the help of the brotherhood of the master-hunters, at the... African drama/play-bilingual play (English-French)
Sunjata, The Lion: The Day When The Spoken Word Was Set Free Through spoken words, music, ... |
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Run Girl Run: Suspense-Novel
ISBN: 9781432761417 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about a teenager who against the wishes of her parents find her birth parents. What she finds is not what she's looking for. It becomes a nightmare come true. Will she make it alive or become a part of the family after all.
This book is about a teenager who against the wishes of her parents find her birth parents. What she finds is not what she's looking for. It becomes a...
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141,86 zł |
The Train Driver and Other Plays
ISBN: 9781559363860 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The latest works by one of the world's foremost playwrights.
The latest works by one of the world's foremost playwrights.
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85,89 zł |
Black Caps and Red Feathers
ISBN: 9789956578382 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Black Caps and Red Feathers the reader is taken into Creature's subconscious on the garbage heap where he is tenant, and where he recounts his multitudinous and gruesome experiences in Traourou's underground prisons. Ancestral Earth, set within a traditional African background, indicts Akeumbin, the king and custodian of the earth of Allehtendurih, who is caught in the dilemma of stopping a plague caused by the reckless exploitation of the earth and showing affection for his fiftieth bride. In compliance with the Princes of Earth, the women who are the principal victims, bring pressure to...
In Black Caps and Red Feathers the reader is taken into Creature's subconscious on the garbage heap where he is tenant, and where he recounts his mult...
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164,42 zł |
Kiss the Son
ISBN: 9781612153544 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,22 zł |
Mtawa Mweusi
ISBN: 9789966460097 / Swahili / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Should Remi, the first of his tribe to go to university, return to his people from the city? Should he return to Thoni, his brothers widow, whom he has had to marry under tribal custom? Or should he continue to be a black hermit in the town, visiting the night clubs with his friend, Jane? Should he be supporting the Africanist Party when people feel that the colonial oppression has just been replaced by another form? These are the dramatic conflicts in this play. Ngugi wa Thiongo is best known internationally as a novelist as well as a playwright. He wrote "This Time Tomorrow" (published in...
Should Remi, the first of his tribe to go to university, return to his people from the city? Should he return to Thoni, his brothers widow, whom he ha...
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153,80 zł |