World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre - Africa (Paperback, Revised)

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.


eBook available with sample pages: HE:0415059313

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2000
First published:	2001
Editors:	Ousmane Diakhate • Hansel Ndumbe Eyoh • Don Rubin
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	440
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-22746-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies
LSN:	0-415-22746-1
Barcode:	9780415227469

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