| Format: Paperback, 125 pages
Publication Date: 2001 ISBN: 978-36266-5-5 Issues in African Theatre is a project of the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The book scrutinizes different aspects of the theatre in Africa with emphasis on Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. The works of Efua Sutherland, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ola Rotimi, Bode Sowande and Adam Fiberesima are analysed from a refreshing point of view. The impact of television drama is also examined. Approaches adopted include the historical, critical and theoretical, among others. Table of Contents The Attainment of Discovery: Efua Sutherland and the Evolution of Modern African Drama The Development of the Theatre of Radical Poetics in Nigeria 'Each One Tell One': Language as Praxis in Ola Rotimi and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Sowande's Revolutionary Socio-Aesthetic Ideal The Hidden Persuaders: Nigerian Tele-Drama and Propaganda The Performer And The Nigerian Copyright Act The African Operetta: An Overview of Adam Fiberesima's “Edi Ke Marina” In Search of Community Theatre Audience More ... ABOUT THE EDITOR: Professor Emmanuel Gladstone Olawale Rotimi, one of contemporary Africa's leading Playwrights and Theatre Directors was born on April 13, 1938. He obtained the Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Boston University and Master of Fine Arts from the prestigious Yale University Drama School where he earned the distinction of being a Rockefeller Foundation Scholar in Playwriting and Dramatic Literature. He was for over two decades, Professor of Playwriting, Dramatic Literature and Directing. He founded the Department of Dramatic Arts, University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1977. He was also the founder and Artistic Director of three theatres and had a passion for directing off Proscenium. Ola Rotimi had variously been visiting Professor as well as Playwright/Director in Europe and The United States. He was twice commissioned by the British Broadcasting Corporation to write plays for its Overseas Broadcast. He died on the 18th of August, 2000 having returned home to the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife to carry out what he considered the final thrust of his life's creative and academic work. |
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