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African Theatre 11: Festivals
Author(s): Martin Banham (Editor), James Gibbs (Editor, Contributor), Femi Osofisan (Editor), Ahmed Yerima (Contributor), Amy Niang (Contributor), Andrew Buckland (Contributor), Patrick-Jude Oteh (Contributor), Robert Mshengu Kavanagh (Contributor), Sonali Pahwa (Contributor), Victor K. Yankah (Contributor), Yatma Dieye (Contributor)
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication Date: 15 Nov. 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 172 pages
- ISBN-10: 1847010571
- ISBN-13: 9781847010575
Book Description
Contributors examine how international theatre festivals have been organised and how they have affected the evolution of sustainable theatre. During the last fifty years, large sums of money, huge resources of labour and vast amounts of creative energy have been invested in international theatre festivals in Africa. Under banners such as ‘Reclaiming the African Past’ and ‘African Renaissance’, the festival participants have used the performing arts to address a variety of topical issues and to confront images embedded by a century of patronising colonial expositions. The themes indicate the desire to take history by the forelock, challenge perceptions and transform communities. Volume Editor: JAMES GIBBS Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick
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About the Author
Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays.
