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African Theatre 8: Diasporas (Paperback)
Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan; Edited by (ghost editors) Osita Okagbue, Christine Matzke; Contributions by …
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This volume in the African Theatre series celebrates the African
theatrical diaspora from Brazil to Tasmania, and Canada to Cuba,
and also includes the playscript Messing with the Mind by Egyptian
writer and director Khaled El-Sawy. Diasporas', as used in the
title of this volume, refers to a multitude of groups and
communities with widely differing histories, identities and current
locations. This book brings together essays on theatre by people of
Africandescent in North America, Cuba, Italy, the UK, Israel and
Tasmania. Several chapters present overviews of particular national
contexts, others offer insights into play texts or specific
performances. Offering a mix of academic andpractitioner's points
of views, Volume 8 in the African Theatre series analyses and
celebrates various aspects of African diasporic theatre worldwide.
Guest Editors: CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures
and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin; and OSITA OKAGBUE,
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University
of London. 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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