NEW CATALOG COPY (announcing paperback edition):
In The Generation of Plays, Karin Barber recounts the history of
the Odin Adejobi Theater Company and uncovers the pulse points of
generation, production, and improvisation that merge when a Yoruba
popular drama is brought to the stage. This rich and detailed book
opens a window into the social and cultural worlds of actors and
audiences.
ORIGINAL CATALOG COPY:
"Karin Barber has given us a vivid picture of one of the most vital
forms of modern African popular art. It is beautifully written and
informed by a deep affection for the subject.... a major
contribution to the cultural history of Nigeria." J. D. Y. Peel
From the 1940s to the 1980s, Yoruba popular theater was one of
the most spectacularly successful theaters in Africa. Today, these
traveling companies have virtually disappeared, largely as a result
of economic hardship and the rise of video entertainment. In The
Generation of Plays, Karin Barber recounts the history of the Oyin
Adejobi Theatre company. Drawing on archival sources as well as
extensive interviews and transcriptions of plays, Barber uncovers
the pulse points of generation, production, and improvisation that
merge when a Yoruba popular drama is brought to the stage. Barber
reveals the personalities of the principal actors, how plays are
created from the germ of an idea through the logistics of rehearsal
and staging how a play is made meaningful to its audience, and how
a play changes and develops after several productions or according
to the sensibilities of its viewers. The expansion of popular drama
into television is also considered. This rich and detailed
narrative illuminates notions of gender, language, politics, and
self as they are expressed in popular cultural forms. It affords a
unique view of the social and cultural perspectives of the actors
and audiences involved in what was a flourishing and vital
enterprise."
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