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Book SynopsisTrends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre and Performance is a collection of regionally focused articles on African theatre and performance. The volume provides a broad exploration of the current state of African theatre and performance and considers the directions they are taking in the 21st Century. It contains sections on current trends in theatre and performance studies, on applied/community theatre and on playwrights. The chapters have evolved out of a working group process, in which papers were submitted to peer-group scrutiny over a period of four years, at four international conferences. The book will be particularly useful as a key text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in non-western theatre and performance (where this includes African theatre and performance), and would be a very useful resource for theatre scholars and anyone interested in African performance forms and cultures.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Temple Hauptfleisch: Foreword Kene Igweonu: Striding Out: Emergent Trends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre and Performance General Trends in Theatre and Performance Studies Samuel Ravengai: The Dilemma of the African Body as a Site of Performance in the Context of Western Training Kene Igweonu: Interculturalism Revisited: Identity Construction in African and African-Caribbean Performance Johann van Heerden: Beyond the Miracle: Trends in South African Theatre and Performance after 1994 Patrick Ebewo: Transformation and the Drama Studies Curriculum in South Africa: A Survey of Selected Universities Petrus du Preez: The Tall Tale of Tall Horse: The Illusion (or Manifestation) of African Cultural and Traditional Aesthetics in Hybrid Performances Temple Hauptfleisch: From Trance Dance to PaR: Theatre and Performance Studies in South Africa Applied/Community Theatre and Performance Vicensia Shule: Theatre in/for Development in Tanzania: A Neoliberal Nightmare Praise Zenenga: A Voice in the Teeth of Power: Popular Theatre under the Censorship Radar in Zimbabwe (1998-2008) Vibeke Glørstad: Citizens’ Stories – or Theatre as Performing Citizenship in Zimbabwe Ola Johansson: Towards a Politically Efficacious Community-Based Theatre Gladys Ijeoma Akunna: Dance Movement Analysis as Psycho-Diagnostic Tool in Modern Nigerian Medical Practice: An Introduction Playwrights and Performance Osita Ezenwanebe: Treading Subtly on Volatile Ground: Ahmed Yerima’s Hard Ground and the Dramatization of the Niger Delta Crisis in Nigeria Adebisi Ademakinwa: Drama as an Analytical Tool of Contemporary Society: Ahmed Yerima’s Hard Ground and the Politics of the Niger Delta Ngozi Udengwu: Theatre-on-Demand: Stella Oyedepo – Theatrical Megastar of the Twenty-First Century Awo Mana Asiedu: Abibigoro: Mohamed Ben Abdallah’s Search for an African Aesthetic in the Theatre Jeleel O. Ojuade: African Dance in Diaspora: The Examples of Nigerian Yoruba bàtá and dùndún Chris Ugolo: Celebration as Aesthetic Device in Contemporary Nigerian Dance Productions: Hubert Ogunde’s Destiny as Example Alude Mahali: ‘Piecing Together a Girlhood’: Using the ‘Girlfriend Aesthetic’ as a Practical Methodology in the Making and Performance of Katuntu (…and you too) Abstracts A Selected Bibliography of African Theatre (1990-2011) Notes on Contributors
