African drama & theatre: a criticism

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Title:	African drama & theatre: a criticism
Editors:	Mugubi, John Kebaya, Charles
Year:	2012
Pages:	171
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Nairobi
Publisher:	Focus Publishers Ltd
ISBN:	9966011765; 9789966011763
Geographic terms:	Africa West Africa East Africa South Africa
Subjects:	drama theatre
About persons:	John Ruganda (1941-2007) Athol Fugard (1932-)
Abstract:	This volume examines developments in African drama and theatre from the precolonial period up to the present: The concept and nature of drama and theatre in traditional African societies (Eric Maritim); African aesthetics in traditional African drama and theatre (Mboya Kivai and Wasambo Were); Traditional African theatre forms: a case of West Africa (Amadi Kwaa Atsiaya); Re-appropriation of the African aesthetic in contemporary African drama (Charles Kebaya and Wallace K. Mbugua); Socio-cultural and political issues in African theatre (Achieng' Oimba and Tonui Kiprono); The Kenyan theatre: its growth and development (John Mugubi and Charles Kebaya); Theatre for development in East Africa: challenges and the way forward (Mac Callagan Kemoli); A critical analysis of forms of irony in Ruganda's 'The floods' (Jane Wakarindi); An exploration of minimalism in Athol Fugard's dramas (Kasigwa Barnabas). [ASC Leiden abstract]