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Book SynopsisExamines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa. Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship. Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick
Trade ReviewAn important contribution to the study of the current state of media and performance in Africa and, collectively, the authors address the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy, and sponsorship. * RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES *
Table of ContentsEditor's Introduction - David Kerr 'I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City': Anti-apartheid Solidarity & its Consequences - Torsten Sannar Ownership & Power: Debate & Discourse around the Subcultural Phenomenon of Die Antwoord - Sarah Woodward 'Border-Neutering' Devices in Nigerian Home Video Tradition: A Study of Mainframe Films - Gbemisola Adeoti Tanzanian Films: Between Innovation & Incompetence - Vicensia Shule 'Telling Our Story': Conversations with KinaUganda Home Movie Directors, Mariam Ndaigire & Ashraf Simwogerere - Sam Kasule Zimbabwe's Studio 263: Navigating Between Entertainment & Health Messaging - Samuel Ravengai Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Nehemiah Chivandikwa Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Ngonidzashe Muwonwa Within Between: Engaging Communities in Contemporary Dance Practice in East Africa - Christy Adair Water Feels: Layering Time in a Contemporary Multi-Media Performance - Moratiwa Molema Playscript: The Campus Queen - Akinwumi Isola Book Reviews
