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African theatre. editors, Martin Banham, James Gibbs & Femi Osofisan ; guest editor, Jane Plastow ; reviews editor, Martin Banham.
- Title
- African theatre. Women / editors, Martin Banham, James Gibbs & Femi Osofisan ; guest editor, Jane Plastow ; reviews editor, Martin Banham.
- Publication
- Oxford : J. Currey ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2002.
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- Description
- xiii, 178 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The contributions to this volume in the African Theatre series make clear that the role of women in the theatre across the continent has changed as control is mainly held by literate elites and women's traditional standing has been lost to men.
- Alternative Title
- Women
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- "I will not cry" : women's theatre in the Algerian diaspora / Laura Chakravarty Box -- Challenging the master : resisting "male" virtues of the ancient Egyptian goddess Isis in the theatre of Taufik al / Dina Amin -- Of Suwa houses & singing contests : early urban women performers in Asmara, Eritrea / Christine Matzke -- Contextualizing women's theatre in Kenya : Alakie Ainyi Mboya's Otongolia & Ari Katini Mwachofi's Mama ee / Mike Kuria -- Portraits of women in contemporary Ugandan theatre / Mercy Mirembe Ntangaare -- Drama in her life : the story of Adeline Ama Buabeng / Esi Sutherland-Addy with Ama Buabeng -- Visibility, eloquence & silence : women & theatre for development in Ghana / Esi Dogbe -- Contemporary Nigerian theatre : the plays of Stella Oyedepo / Chris Dunton -- Who can silence her drums : an analysis of the plays of Tess Onwneme / Omofolabo Ajayi -- Noticeboard / James Gibbs -- Glass house / Fatima Dike ; with an introduction by Marcia Blumberg -- Book reviews.
- ISBN
- 0253341264 (Indiana : cloth : alk. paper)
- 0253215390 (Indiana : paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2002024131
- OCLC
- 49495120
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library