Six plays from East & West Africa. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: 6 plays from East & West Africa
• Further Information: Note: Volume editors, Jane Plastow & Martin Banham ; reviews editor, Martin Banham.
• Editors: Plastow, Jane; Banham, Martin
• Other Names: Mbowa, Rose; Serumaga, Robert, 1939-1980; Mānyāzawāl ʾEndašāw; Rotimi, Ola; Osofisan, Femi; Diagana, Moussa, 1946-
• Contents: Three plays from East Africa: The Translation & Transcription of Mother Uganda & Her Children / Patience Nitumwesiga & team. Mother Uganda & Her Children / Rose Mbowa ; transcription, Patience Nitumwesiga. The Context & Making of Rose Mbowa's Mother Uganda & Her Children / Patrick Mangeni and Jane Plastow. Majangwa : A Promise of Rains / Robert Serumaga. Notions of Indigeneity: Uganda's Robert Serumaga / Don Rubin. The Guest (Engida) : a one act play / Manyazewal Endeshaw. An Absurdist in Addis Ababa : Manyazewal Endeshaw's Engida / Zerihun Birehanu and Jane Plastow -- Three plays from West Africa: If : A Tragedy of the Ruled / Ola Rotimi. Ola Rotimi : Creating Theatrical Spaces / Martin Banham. Morountodun / Femi Osofisan -- Morountodun : A Retrospective Commentary / Biodun Jeyifo. The Legend of Wagadu as Seen by Sia Yatabere / Moussa Diagana ; translated by Richard Miller. Moussa Diagana & The Legend of Wagadu as Seen by Sia Yatabere: Advocating Anarchy in Mauritania / Jane Plastow. Book reviews.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk, GB Rochester, NY, US : James Currey, an imprint of Boydell and Brewer Boyell & Brewer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 321 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 809.20096; African drama -- Black authors -- 20th century; African drama -- Black authors -- 21st century; East African drama (English) -- 20th century; West African drama (English) -- 20th century; East African drama (English); West African drama (English); Africa -- Drama; Africa; Drama
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781787441583
• Related ISBNs: 178744158X; 1847011721; 9781847011725; 9781847011732; 184701173X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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