Women's Voices and African Theatre
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Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : African drama |
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Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : African drama |
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Author | : Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2019-01-24 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1350034533 |
This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent, offering a rich and diverse portrait of identity, politics, culture, gender issues and society in contemporary Africa. Niqabi Ninja by Sara Shaarawi (Egypt) is set in Cairo during the chaotic time of the Egyptian uprising. Not That Woman by Tosin Jobi-Tume (Nigeria) addresses issues of violence against women in Nigeria and its attendant conspiracy of silence. The play advocates zero-tolerance for violence against women and urges women to bury shame and speak out rather than suffer in silence. I Want To Fly by Thembelihle Moyo (Zimbabwe) tells the story of an African girl who wants to be a pilot. It looks at how patriarchal society shapes the thinking of men regarding lobola (bride price), how women endure abusive men and the role society at large plays in these issues. Silent Voices by Adong Judith (Uganda) is a one-act play based on interviews with people involved in the LRA and the effects of the civil war in Uganda. It critiques this, and by implication, other truth commissions. Unsettled by JC Niala (Kenya) deals with gender violence, land issues and relations of both black and white Kenyans living in, and returning to, the country. Mbuzeni by Koleka Putuma (South Africa) is a story of four female orphans, aged eight to twelve, their sisterhood and their fixation with death and burials. It explores the unseen force that governs and dictates the laws that the villagers live by. Bonganyi by Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh (Cameroon) depicts the effects of colonialism as told through the story of a slave girl: a singer and dancer, who wants to win a competition to free her family. Each play also includes a biography of the playwright, the writer's own artistic statement, a production history of the play and a critical contextualisation of the theatrical landscape from which each woman is writing.
Author | : Martin Banham |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : African drama |
ISBN | : 9780253215390 |
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.
Author | : Yvette Hutchison |
Publisher | : Methuen Drama |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-01-24 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1350034517 |
This volume draws together six contemporary plays by female African writers, offering a rare insight into the work being produced by these practitioners. These plays, which are selected from writers across the continent, together give a rich portrait of identity, politics, culture and society in contemporary Africa. The editors of the volume have also provided biographies and the writers' own artistic statements; production histories; and a critical contextualisation of the theatre from which each woman is writing. This provides a rich context from which these plays can be prescribed for study, both at secondary school and undergraduate level--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Kathy A. Perkins |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0252075730 |
For the first time, a distinctive collection of plays by African women published in English
Author | : ‘Tosin Kooshima Tume |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 2023-11-16 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1350407984 |
Ten new short plays by African women tackling taboo topics on identity, gender, sexualities, family relations and power. Following the international success of Contemporary Plays by African Women, this new collection is the next step in the African Women Playwright Network (AWPN) both showcasing and encouraging the development of new work. Consisting of the ten winners of the AWPN's international writing competition, this collection is centered around the theme of 'Tackling Taboo Topics in African Female Writing', originally performed as staged readings at the AWPN Festival hosted by the University of Ghana in 2022. Selected from 75 submissions from nine African countries, these plays speak to contemporary and pressing issues, illuminating lived experiences of African women that are common but seldom discussed. An important resource for schools and universities looking to diversify and decolonise curricula and engage with short works for practical classes, performances and auditions from a range of various cultures, Gendering Taboos is also an invaluable tool for programmers looking for new work and scholars working specifically in areas of gender and dramatic criticism.
Author | : Twinkle Suri |
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Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : African fiction (English) |
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Author | : Kathy A. Perkins |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1990-10-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0253113660 |
"Fine reading and a superb resource." -- Ms. "Highly recommended." -- Library Journal "Perkins has chosen the plays well, and her issue-oriented introduction places the women and their works in a literary and historical context." -- Choice "As well as being centered on the black experience, the plays in Black Female Playwrights are centered on the female experience." -- Voice Literary Supplement "Perkins' anthology is valuable for a number of reasons... Perkins' book (which includes a bibliography of plays and pageants by black women before 1950 as well as a selected bibliography of critical works) is a major help in providing access to [the world of black drama]." -- Theatre Journal The need to acknowledge these works was the impetus behind this volume. Perkins has selected nineteen plays from seven writers who were among the major dramatizers of the black experience during this early period. As forerunners to the activist black theater of the 1950s and 1960s, these plays represent a critical stage in the development of black drama in the United States.
Author | : Woodie King |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781557831743 |
A collection of scenes and monologues by African American playwrights.
Author | : B. Ozieblo |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2012-01-02 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1137010568 |
Violence against women in plays bywomen has earned little mention. This revolutionary collection fills that gap, focusing on plays by American women dramatists, written in the last thirty years, that deal with different forms of gender violence. Each author discusses specific manifestations of violence in carefully selected plays: psychological, familial, war-time, and social injustice. This book encompasses the theatrical devices used to represent violence on the stage in an age of virtual, immediate reality as much as the problematics of gender violence in modern society.