Contemporary African Plays

Death and the King's; Anowa; Chattering and the Song; Rise and Shine of

Wole Soyinka, Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, Barney Simon, Ama Ata Aidoo, Femi Osofisan, Andrew Whaley, Alemseged Tesfai

Martin Banham, Jane Plastow

ISBN: 9780413723307
Format: Paperback
Publisher:A & C Black Publishers Ltd

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Contemporary African Plays, edited with introductions by Martin Banham and Jane Plastow of Leeds University, is a collection of some of the most exciting plays from the past twenty-five years of African theatre, spanning the continent's rich and disparate regional and cultural traditions. Included in this collection are three of the most significant plays of this century plus three brilliant plays which will be new to Western audiences…

The only current anthology to survey the rich variety of contemporary African drama The plays included in this volume are: Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka; Anowa by Ama Ata Aidoo; The Chattering and the Song by Femi Osofisan; The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco by Andrew Whaley; Woza Albert! by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema and Barney Simon; and The Other War by Alemseged Tesfai.Contemporary African Drama brings together some of the best writers writing from an African viewpoint today.

Contemporary African Plays

Death and the King's; Anowa; Chattering and the Song; Rise and Shine of

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