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African Theatre: Playwrights and Politics  
Author: Martin Banham (Editor)
ISBN: 0253339596
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
This second volume in the annual African Theatre series focuses on the intersection of politics and theatre in Africa today. Topics include a puppet theatre company that was inspired by the infamous execution of Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and the plays of Femi Osofisan, Joe de Graft, and Mohammed Ben-Abdallah.


About the Author
Martin Banham is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds. He is editor of The Cambridge Guide to Theatre and co-editor of The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre. James Gibbs teaches at the University of the West of England in Bristol and has a particular interest in Ghanaian, Nigerian, and Malawian theatre. Femi Osofisan is a playwright who also teaches in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.




African Theatre: Playwrights and Politics

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This second volume in the annual African Theatre series focuses on the intersection of politics and theatre in Africa today. Topics include a puppet theatre company that was inspired by the infamous execution of Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and the plays of Femi Osofisan, Joe de Graft, and Mohammed Ben-Abdallah.

Author Biography: Martin Banham is Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Leeds. He is editor of The Cambridge Guide to Theatre and co-editor of The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre.
James Gibbs teaches at the University of the West of England in Bristol and has a particular interest in Ghanaian, Nigerian, and Malawian theatre.
Femi Osofisan is a playwright who also teaches in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.


     



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