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Title A History of theatre in Africa / edited by Martin Banham.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 478 pages)
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Concepts of history and theatre in Africa / Kole Omotoso -- North Africa. Egypt / Ahmed Zaki ; Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia / Kamal Salhi ; Sudan / Khalid AlMubarak Mustafa -- Francophone Africa south of the Sahara / John Conteh-Morgan -- Anglophone West Africa. Nigeria / Dapo Adelugba and Olu Obafemi, with additional material by Sola Adeyemi ; Ghana / James Gibbs ; Sierra Leone / Mohamed Sheriff ; A note on recent Anglophone Cameroonian theatre / Asheri Kolo -- East Africa. Ethiopia and Eritrea / Jane Plastow ; Kenya / Chiarunji Chesaina and Evan Mwangi ; Tanzania / Amandina Lihamba ; Uganda / Eckhard Breitinger -- Southern Africa / David Kerr, with Stephen Chifunyise -- South Africa / Yvette Hutchison -- Theatre in Portuguese-speaking African countries / Luís R. Mitras -- Mauritius and Réunion / Roshni Mooneeram -- Surviving the crossing : theatre in the African Diaspora / Osita Okagbue.
Summary This is the first full history of theatre in Africa and offers a comprehensive, yet accessible, account of this long and varied chronicle. Chapters include an examination of the concepts of 'history' and 'theatre'; North Africa; Francophone theatre; Anglophone West Africa; East Africa; Southern Africa; Lusophone African theatre; and Mauritius.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Theater -- Africa -- History.
Theater.
Africa.
History.
Performing arts -- Africa -- History.
Performing arts.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Banham, Martin.
Added Title History of theater in Africa
Other Form: Print version: History of theatre in Africa. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2003055280
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