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World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Africa Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Diakhate, Ousmane (Editor), Eyoh, Hansel Ndumbe (Editor), Rubin, Don (Editor)
ISBN: 0415227461     ISBN-13: 9780415227469
Publisher: Routledge
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2000
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This lavishly illustrated book examines theatrical developments since 1945 in more than 40 African countries. The authoritative entries on each country have been written by the leading scholars, critics and theatre practitioners working within the area discussed. Preceding the entries are specialist introductory essays on Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences and Puppetry, and general essays on African theatre written by Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka and the outstanding Congolese playwright, Sony Labou Tansi, before his untimely death in 1995.
The countries covered are: Angola * Benin * Burkina * Faso * Burundi * Cameroon * Chad * Congo * Cote d'Ivoire * Ethiopia * Ghana * Guinea * Guinea Bissau * Kenya * Liberia * Madagascar * Mali * Mauritius * Mozambique * Namibia * Niger * Nigeria * Rwanda * Senegal * Seychelles Islands * Sierra Leone * South Africa * Tanzania * Togo * Uganda * Zaire * Zambia * Zimbabwe
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism
Dewey: 792.03
LCCN: 95214751
Series: World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.9" W x 9.68" (2.00 lbs) 440 pages
 
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Now available in paperback for the first time this edition of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on thirty-two African countries are featured in this volume, preceded by specialist introductory essays on Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences and Puppetry. There are also special introductory general essays on African theatre written by Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka and the outstanding Congolese playwright, Sony Labou Tansi, before his untimely death in 1995. More up-to-date and more wide-ranging than any other publication, this is undoubtedly a major ground-breaking survey of contemporary African theatre.