Jane Plastow

This book is the first ever transnational theatre study of an African region. Covering nine nations in two volumes, the project covers a hundred years of theatre making across Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. This volume focuses on the theatre of the Horn of Africa. The book shows how the theatres of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, little known in the outside world, have been among the continent's most politically important, commercially successful, and widely popular; making work almost exclusively in local languages and utilizing hybrid forms that have privileged local cultural modes of production. A History of African Theatre is relevant to all who have interests in African cultures and their relationship to the history and politics of the East African region.

Horn of Africa

A History of East African Theatre, Volume 1

Central East Africa

A History of East African Theatre, Volume 2

Martin Banham

A key volume for Shakespeare, African theatre and the postcolonial cultural scholars, promoting debate on the role of Western cultural icons in contemporary postcolonial cultures.

Shakespeare in and Out of Africa

Comparative historical study of the three national cultures of Ethiopia, Tanganyika/Tanzania, and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. The development of theatre is seen against the background of centuries of cultural evolution and interaction, from pre-colonial times, through phases of African and European imperialism, to the liberation struggles and newly-won independence.

The Evolution of Theatre in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe : a Comparative Study

African Theatre and Politics

James Gibbs

Femi Osofisan

David Kerr

Examines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa.

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