Now available in paperback for the first time this edition of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on thirty-two African countries are featured in this volume, preceded by specialist introductory essays on Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences and Puppetry. There are also special introductory general essays on African theatre written by Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka and the outstanding Congolese playwright, Sony Labou Tansi, before his untimely death in 1995. More up-to-date and more wide-ranging than any other publication, this is undoubtedly a major ground-breaking survey of contemporary African theatre.
Copyright:
2000
Book Details
Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781136359569
Related ISBNs:
9781315011172,
9780415227469,
9780415227469
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
06/08/20
Copyrighted By:
The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre Corporation
