African Popular Theatre: From Precolonial Times to the Present Day (Studies in African Literature)

by David Kerr

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In this survey of theatre forms in sub-Saharan Africa from pre-colonial times to the present day, popular theatre is interpreted widely to include not only conventional drama, but such non-literary forms of performance as dance, mime, dramatized story-telling, masquerades, improvised urban vaudeville theatre, and the theatre of resistance and social action. The book also considers theatre imbedded in the modern media of film, radio and television.
  • ISBN10 0852555342
  • ISBN13 9780852555347
  • Publish Date 21 September 1995
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 26 June 2000
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint James Currey
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English