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Author:   Martin Banham ,  James Gibbs ,  Femi Osofisan ,  Osita Okagbue
Publisher:   James Currey
Imprint:   James Currey
Volume:   v. 8
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.344kg
ISBN:  

9781847015013

ISBN 10:   1847015018
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   19 November 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Christine Matzke and Osita Okagbue Performing Black Canadas: The Trans-American Imaginary of Black Canadian Theatre - Maureen Moynagh The Theory of Ase: The Persistence of African Performance Aesthetics in the North American Diaspora - August Wilson, Ntozake Shange & Djanet Sears - Esiaba Irobi African Presence in Cuban Theatre - Cariad Astles Marginality, Sacrifice & Transgression: Mothers & Rebellious Women in Two Plays by Cuba's Eugenio Hernández Espinosa - Conrad James Interculture on Stage: Afro-Italian Theatre - Sabrina Brancato Black British Theatre in London 1972-1989: A Brief Overview - Yvonne Brewster Talking about Something Dark: An Interview with Lemn Sissay - Jane Plastow Jews, Blood & Ethiopian Dance in Israel: Critical Race Theory & the Postcolonial - Rob Baum Nature in Migration & the 'Natural Migrant': Performing African Settlement in Tasmanian Community Arts - Mary Elizabeth Anderson Translator's Introduction to Khaled El-Sawy's Messing with the Mind - Mona Khedr Playscript: Messing with the Mind - Khaled El-Sawy Book Reviews

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The volume stands out for its rigorous attempt to bring together academic and practice based points of view as well as different formats that include Jane Plastow's interview with Lemn Sissay, as well as Mona Khedr's English translation of Khaled El-Sawy's satirical play Messing with the Mind. AFRICAN PERFORMANCE REVIEW

The volume stands out for its rigorous attempt to bring together academic and practice based points of view as well as different formats that include Jane Plastow's interview with Lemn Sissay, as wellof view as well as different formats that include Jane Plastow's interview with Lemn Sissay, as well as Mona Khedr's English tra

As a contribution to the field of diaspora studies or to the respective diasporas represented, this book is substantial and toothsome. AFRICAN THEATRE The volume stands out for its rigorous attempt to bring together academic and practice based points of view as well as different formats that include Jane Plastow's interview with Lemn Sissay, as well as Mona Khedr's English translation of Khaled El-Sawy's satirical play Messing with the Mind. AFRICAN PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Author Information

Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays. OSITA OKAGBUE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London. CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin. Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.

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