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In this book, South African performer and activist Robert Mshengu
Kavanagh reveals the complex and conflicting interplay of class,
nation and race in South African theatre under Apartheid. Evoking
an era when theatre itself became a political battleground,
Kavanagh displays how the struggle against Apartheid was played out
on the stage as well as on the streets. Kavanagh's account spans
three very different areas of South African theatre, with the
author considering the merits and limitations of the multi-racial
theatre projects created by white liberals; the popular commercial
musicals staged for black audiences by emergent black
entrepreneurs; and the efforts of the Black Consciousness Movement
to forge a distinctly African form of revolutionary theatre in the
1970s. The result is a highly readable, pioneering study of the
theatre at a time of unprecedented upheaval, diversity and
innovation, with Kavanagh's cogent analysis demonstrating the
subtle ways in which culture and the arts can become an effective
means of challenging oppression.
Contributors examine how international theatre festivals have been
organised and how they have affected the evolution of sustainable
theatre. During the last fifty years, large sums of money, huge
resources of labour and vast amounts of creative energy have been
invested in international theatre festivals in Africa. Under
banners such as 'Reclaiming the African Past' and 'African
Renaissance', the festival participants have used the performing
arts to address a variety of topical issues and to confront images
embedded by a century of patronising colonial expositions. The
themes indicate the desire to take history by the forelock,
challenge perceptions and transform communities. Volume Editor:
JAMES GIBBS Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of
Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs,
Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England;
Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane
Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette
Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre &
Performance Studies, University of Warwick
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