Theatre for development in Africa: Historical and institutional perspectives
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Hildesheim; München: Olms;University Library of LMU München (2023), xiii, 256 pp.
ISBN 978-3-487-16331-4
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"Theatre for Development is one of the most dynamic and controversial theatre movements on the global South. Emerging in Southern Africa in the 1970s to address social and economic problems using theatrical techniques, today it is taught in theatre departments across sub-Saharan Africa and employed in numerous contexts from health care to agriculture. This book investigates the emergence of TfD from its beginnings to its transformation into a coherent organizational field capable of attracting significant governmental and NGO funding. Drawing on leading African scholars and practitioners the volume examines the complex transnational processes that led to the institutionalization of Theatre for Develoment." (Publisher description)
PART I: GLOBALIZED CONCEPT, CONCEPTUAL FRAMINGS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NETWORKS
From Theatre for Development to Theatre as Development / Tim Prentki, 11
Disrupting the Performance in the Evolutionary Journey(s) of Theatre for Development in Africa / Oga Steve Abah, 27
Theatre for Development in Africa: The quest for empowerment of grassroots communities for critical participation in development processes / Penina Oniviel Mlama, 57
Theatre for Development within and outside Academia: Critical Reflections from Experiences / Selina Banda and Daniel L. Mpolomoka, 89
Transnational networks of the Theatre of the Oppressed: Exchanges and institutionalization of a circulating method / Clara de Andrade, 103
Back to the grassroots: the global-historical frameworks of Theatre for Development as an organizational field / Christopher Balme, 111
PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES
Theatre for Development in Ghana: Influences, Contexts and Changing Narratives / Abdul Karim Hakib, 131
History and Evolution of Theatre for Development in Cameroon: Implications for Formal and Non-formal Institutions / Emelda Ngufor Samba, 149
A Typology of Theatre for Development in Ghana / Victor K. Yankah, 167
Theatre For Development Practice in South-South Nigeria (1990 to the Present) / Ofonime Inyang and Idaresit Inyang, 179
Theatre for Development, Community Development and Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria / Abel Idebe, 203
Impact assessment of Theatre for Development (TfD) Academic practice in the Niger-Benue Valley of Nigeria, 1993-2013 / Sunday Ogbu Igbaba, 221
A Situational analysis of Theatre for Development in Tanzania / Daines Nicodem Sanga, 245
From Theatre for Development to Theatre as Development / Tim Prentki, 11
Disrupting the Performance in the Evolutionary Journey(s) of Theatre for Development in Africa / Oga Steve Abah, 27
Theatre for Development in Africa: The quest for empowerment of grassroots communities for critical participation in development processes / Penina Oniviel Mlama, 57
Theatre for Development within and outside Academia: Critical Reflections from Experiences / Selina Banda and Daniel L. Mpolomoka, 89
Transnational networks of the Theatre of the Oppressed: Exchanges and institutionalization of a circulating method / Clara de Andrade, 103
Back to the grassroots: the global-historical frameworks of Theatre for Development as an organizational field / Christopher Balme, 111
PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES
Theatre for Development in Ghana: Influences, Contexts and Changing Narratives / Abdul Karim Hakib, 131
History and Evolution of Theatre for Development in Cameroon: Implications for Formal and Non-formal Institutions / Emelda Ngufor Samba, 149
A Typology of Theatre for Development in Ghana / Victor K. Yankah, 167
Theatre For Development Practice in South-South Nigeria (1990 to the Present) / Ofonime Inyang and Idaresit Inyang, 179
Theatre for Development, Community Development and Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria / Abel Idebe, 203
Impact assessment of Theatre for Development (TfD) Academic practice in the Niger-Benue Valley of Nigeria, 1993-2013 / Sunday Ogbu Igbaba, 221
A Situational analysis of Theatre for Development in Tanzania / Daines Nicodem Sanga, 245
