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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
Volume Three in this series carries on from the highly acclaimed
volumes on Europe and on the Americas. Focusing on non-Arabic
Africa, and with contributions from leading experts from the
countries featured, the third volume 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.
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