The African Performance Reader Book

	Acknowledgements
	Preface
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Theory	27
1	The dramatic limits of Igbo ritual	29
2	Myth, ritual and drama in Igboland	38
3	What's in a mask	49
4	Acting Africa	69
5	National erotica: the politics of 'traditional' dance in Tanzania	78
Pt. II	Performers and performing	95
6	Individualism and community in the theatre of Serumaga	97
7	The gods as guests: an aspect of Kalabari religious life	117
8	Masking in Mende Sande society initiation rituals	138
9	Gyinna-Gyinna: making the djinn manifest	149
10	Creativity, participation and change in Theatre for Development practice	158
11	Playing the puppets: innovation and rivalry in Bamana youth theatre of Mali	174
Pt. III	Voice, language and words in performance	187
12	Storytelling theatre in Sierra Leone: the example of Lele Gbomba	189
13	The language of anglophone Cameroon drama	198
14	Congolese playwrights as cultural revisionists	208
15	Purity and pollution in Freetown masked performance	222
16	Comic Opera in Ghana	234
17	Folklore and tradition in the drama of Cliff Lubwa p'Chong	244
18	Horrific comedy: cultural resistance and the Hauka movement in Niger	258
Pt. IV	Spectators, space and time in performance	277
19	South African theatre in an era of reconciliation	279
20	Masks and secrecy among the Chewa	290
21	Tourism and social change among the Dogon	304
22	Theatre and social issues in Malawi: performers, audiences, aesthetics	311
23	Fathers and sons: politics and myth in recent Zambian drama	321
24	The art of festival in Ghana	339
	Index	359