African Theatre for Development: Art for Self-Determination
Bristol: intellect (1998), iv, 188 pp.
Contains many illustrations
ISBN 978-1-871516-77-7 (print); 978-1-84150-868-9 (ebook)
Signature commbox: 100:10-Development 1998
"This collection • reveals the dynamic position of the arts and culture in post-independent countries through changes in both influences and audiences; • shows African theatre to be about aesthetics and rituals, the sociological and the political, the anthropological and the historical; • examines theatre’s role as a performing art that represents ethnic identities and defines intercultural relationships; • investigates African theatre’s capacity to combine contemporary cultural issues into the whole artistic fabric of performing arts; • considers the variety of voices, forms and practices through which contemporary African intellectual circles are negotiating the forces of tradition and modernity." (Back cover)
1 Neither 'Fixed Masterpiece' nor 'Popular Distraction': voice, transformation and encounter in Theatre for Development / Frances Harding, 5
2 Product or Process: Theatre for Development in Africa / Osita Okagbu, 23
3 Didactic Showmen: Theatre for Development in Contemporary South Africa / Page Laws, 43
4 Post-Colonial Theatre for Development in Mgeria: Kateb Yacine's early experience / Kamal Salhi, 69
5 Uses and Abuses of Theatre for Development: political struggle and development theatre in the Ethiopia - Eritrea war / Jane Plastow, 97
6 Satires in Theatre for Development Practice in Tanzania / Juma Adamu Bakari, 115
7 Popular Theatre and Development Communication in West Africa: paradigms, processes and prospects / Bala A. Musa, 135
8 Werewere Liking and the Development of Ritual Theatre in Cameroon: towards a new feminine theatre for Africa / Valerie Orlando, 155
9 Women Playwrights and Performers respond to the project of development / Laura Box, 175
2 Product or Process: Theatre for Development in Africa / Osita Okagbu, 23
3 Didactic Showmen: Theatre for Development in Contemporary South Africa / Page Laws, 43
4 Post-Colonial Theatre for Development in Mgeria: Kateb Yacine's early experience / Kamal Salhi, 69
5 Uses and Abuses of Theatre for Development: political struggle and development theatre in the Ethiopia - Eritrea war / Jane Plastow, 97
6 Satires in Theatre for Development Practice in Tanzania / Juma Adamu Bakari, 115
7 Popular Theatre and Development Communication in West Africa: paradigms, processes and prospects / Bala A. Musa, 135
8 Werewere Liking and the Development of Ritual Theatre in Cameroon: towards a new feminine theatre for Africa / Valerie Orlando, 155
9 Women Playwrights and Performers respond to the project of development / Laura Box, 175
