Author: Bode Sowande
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Farewell to Babylon and Other Plays
Author: Bode Sowande
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Flamingo and Other Plays
Author: Bode Sowande
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Farewell to Babylon
Author: Bode Sowande
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigerian drama
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigerian drama
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
African Literatures in English
Author: Gareth Griffiths
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317895851
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Here is an introduction to the history of English writing from East and West Africa drawing on a range of texts from the slave diaspora to the post-war upsurge in African English language and literature from these regions.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317895851
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Here is an introduction to the history of English writing from East and West Africa drawing on a range of texts from the slave diaspora to the post-war upsurge in African English language and literature from these regions.
Farewell, Babylon
Author: Naïm Kattan
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Feminist Visions and Queer Futures in Postcolonial Drama
Author: Kanika Batra
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136887547
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In this timely study, Batra examines contemporary drama from India, Jamaica, and Nigeria in conjunction with feminist and incipient queer movements in these countries. Postcolonial drama, Batra contends, furthers the struggle for gender justice in both these movements by contesting the idea of the heterosexual, middle class, wage-earning male as the model citizen and by suggesting alternative conceptions of citizenship premised on working-class sexual identities. Further, Batra considers the possibility of Indian, Jamaican, and Nigerian drama generating a discourse on a rights-bearing conception of citizenship that derives from representations of non-biological, non-generational forms of kinship. Her study is one of the first to examine the ways in which postcolonial dramatists are creating the possibility of a dialogue between cultural activism, women’s movements, and an emerging discourse on queer sexualities.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136887547
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In this timely study, Batra examines contemporary drama from India, Jamaica, and Nigeria in conjunction with feminist and incipient queer movements in these countries. Postcolonial drama, Batra contends, furthers the struggle for gender justice in both these movements by contesting the idea of the heterosexual, middle class, wage-earning male as the model citizen and by suggesting alternative conceptions of citizenship premised on working-class sexual identities. Further, Batra considers the possibility of Indian, Jamaican, and Nigerian drama generating a discourse on a rights-bearing conception of citizenship that derives from representations of non-biological, non-generational forms of kinship. Her study is one of the first to examine the ways in which postcolonial dramatists are creating the possibility of a dialogue between cultural activism, women’s movements, and an emerging discourse on queer sexualities.
The Empire Writes Back
Author: Bill Ashcroft
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113446505X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The experience of colonization and the challenges of a post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of post-colonial writing in cultures as various as India, Australia, the West Indies and Canada, and has challenged both the traditional canon and dominant ideas of literature and culture. The Empire Writes Back was the first major theoretical account of a wide range of post-colonial texts and their relation to the larger issues of post-colonial culture, and remains one of the most significant works published in this field. The authors, three leading figures in post-colonial studies, open up debates about the interrelationships of post-colonial literatures, investigate the powerful forces acting on language in the post-colonial text, and show how these texts constitute a radical critique of Eurocentric notions of literature and language. This book is brilliant not only for its incisive analysis, but for its accessibility for readers new to the field. Now with an additional chapter and an updated bibliography, The Empire Writes Back is essential for contemporary post-colonial studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113446505X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The experience of colonization and the challenges of a post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. This diverse and powerful body of literature has established a specific practice of post-colonial writing in cultures as various as India, Australia, the West Indies and Canada, and has challenged both the traditional canon and dominant ideas of literature and culture. The Empire Writes Back was the first major theoretical account of a wide range of post-colonial texts and their relation to the larger issues of post-colonial culture, and remains one of the most significant works published in this field. The authors, three leading figures in post-colonial studies, open up debates about the interrelationships of post-colonial literatures, investigate the powerful forces acting on language in the post-colonial text, and show how these texts constitute a radical critique of Eurocentric notions of literature and language. This book is brilliant not only for its incisive analysis, but for its accessibility for readers new to the field. Now with an additional chapter and an updated bibliography, The Empire Writes Back is essential for contemporary post-colonial studies.
African Literatures in the Eighties
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004655999
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004655999
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
African Theatre
Author: Martin Banham
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This second annual volume in the African Theatre series focuses on the intersection of politics and theatre in Africa today. Topics include the remarkable collaboration between Horse and Bamboo, a puppet theatre company based in the United Kingdom, and Nigerian playwright Sam Ukala that was inspired by the infamous execution of Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni activists; the plays of Femi Osofisan; and plays by Ghanaian playwrights Joe de Graft and Mohammed Ben-Abdallah. African Theatre features the work of Mauritian playwright Dev Virahsawmy and includes an interview with him, reviews of an English production of his play, Toufann, as well as the translated playscript. Reports of workshops and conferences, reviews, and news of the year in African theatre make this volume a valuable resource for anyone interested in current issues in African drama and performance.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This second annual volume in the African Theatre series focuses on the intersection of politics and theatre in Africa today. Topics include the remarkable collaboration between Horse and Bamboo, a puppet theatre company based in the United Kingdom, and Nigerian playwright Sam Ukala that was inspired by the infamous execution of Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni activists; the plays of Femi Osofisan; and plays by Ghanaian playwrights Joe de Graft and Mohammed Ben-Abdallah. African Theatre features the work of Mauritian playwright Dev Virahsawmy and includes an interview with him, reviews of an English production of his play, Toufann, as well as the translated playscript. Reports of workshops and conferences, reviews, and news of the year in African theatre make this volume a valuable resource for anyone interested in current issues in African drama and performance.
Culture and Identity in African and Caribbean Theatre
Author: Osita Okagbue
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1912234262
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
What connects Africa and the Caribbean is trans-Atlantic slavery which transported numerous sons and daughters of Africa to the plantations of the New World in the service of Western European capitalism. Because of this shared experience of trans-Atlantic slavery and European colonialism, issues of culture and identity are major concerns for African and Caribbean playwrights. Slavery and colonialism had involved systematic acts of cultural denigration, de-humanisation and loss of freedom, which left imprints on the collective psyches of the colonised Africans and enslaved peoples of African descent in the Caribbean. Both experiences brought intense cultural and psychic dislocations which still impact in various ways on the lives of Africans and peoples of African descent around the world. African and Caribbean playwrights try to help their peoples regain their dignities by affirming their cultures, histories and identities. The book focuses on the similarities and differences between Caribbean theatre and the theatre of sub-Saharan Africa, showing how identities and cultures are negotiated and affirmed in each case.
Publisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1912234262
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
What connects Africa and the Caribbean is trans-Atlantic slavery which transported numerous sons and daughters of Africa to the plantations of the New World in the service of Western European capitalism. Because of this shared experience of trans-Atlantic slavery and European colonialism, issues of culture and identity are major concerns for African and Caribbean playwrights. Slavery and colonialism had involved systematic acts of cultural denigration, de-humanisation and loss of freedom, which left imprints on the collective psyches of the colonised Africans and enslaved peoples of African descent in the Caribbean. Both experiences brought intense cultural and psychic dislocations which still impact in various ways on the lives of Africans and peoples of African descent around the world. African and Caribbean playwrights try to help their peoples regain their dignities by affirming their cultures, histories and identities. The book focuses on the similarities and differences between Caribbean theatre and the theatre of sub-Saharan Africa, showing how identities and cultures are negotiated and affirmed in each case.