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African theatre
African theatre, Women have struggled to be heard in the world of modern African theatre. Traditionally they had secure roles as dancers, singers and storytellers, but as theatre became professionalised and commercialised, control increasingly lay with the literate elites, African theatre has a rating of 3.5 stars
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African theatre, Women have struggled to be heard in the world of modern African theatre. Traditionally they had secure roles as dancers, singers and storytellers, but as theatre became professionalised and commercialised, control increasingly lay with the literate elites, African theatre
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  • African theatre
  • Written by author James Gibbs,Femi Osofisan
  • Published by Oxford : J. Currey ; 2002., 2002/09/19
  • Women have struggled to be heard in the world of modern African theatre. Traditionally they had secure roles as dancers, singers and storytellers, but as theatre became professionalised and commercialised, control increasingly lay with the literate elites
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Introduction
'I Will Not Cry': Women's theatre in the Algerian diaspora 3
Challenging the master: Resisting 'male' virtues of the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis in the theatre of Tawfiq al-Hakim & Nawal al-Sa'dawi 15
Of Suwa houses & singing contests: Early urban women performers in Asmara, Eritrea 29
Contextualising women's theatre in Kenya: Alakie-Akinyi Mboya's Otongolia & Ari Katini Mwachofi's Mama ee 47
Portraits of women in contemporary Ugandan theatre 58
Drama in her life: Interview with Adeline Ama Buabeng 66
Visibility, eloquence & silence: Women & theatre for development in Ghana 83
Contemporary Nigerian theatre: The plays of Stella Oyedepo 99
Who can silence her drums?: An analysis of the plays of Tess Onwueme 109
Noticeboard 122
Playscript: Glass House 132
Book Reviews
Wale Ogunyemi: Queen Amina of Zazzau 154
Akinwumi Isola: Madam Tinubu, The Terror of Lagos 154
Amanda N. Adichie: For Love of Biafra 154
Patrick Mageni wa'Ndeda: Operation Mulungusi and The Prince 154
Duncan Brown (ed.): Oral Literature and Performance in Southern Africa 156
Geoffrey V. Davies (ed.): Beyond the Echoes of Soweto: Five Plays by Matsemela Manaka 158
Barney Simon: Born in the RSA: Four Workshopped Plays 158
Jane Taylor: Ubu and the Truth Commission 158
Osonye Tess Onwueme: The Missing Face: Musical Drama for the Voices of Colour 161
Dele Layiwola (ed.): African Theatre in Performance 163
L. Dale Byam: Community in Motion: Theatre for Development in Africa 163
Kamal Salhi: The Politics and Aesthetics of Kateb Yacine: From Francophone Literature to Popular Theatre in Algeria and Outside 168
Wole Soyinka: Death and the King's Horseman 170
Marcia Blumberge and Dennis Walder (eds): South African Theatre As/And Intervention 171
Loren Kruger: The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics since 1910 171
Index 176


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