1st edition. 8vo. xxi + 291pp. + adverts. B/w. illustrations. Paperback in original pictorial black wrapps. with blue band, minor wear to edges. ISBN 0852555989 US$10.

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Title

AFRICAN THEATRE: PLAYWRIGHTS AND POLITICS.

Publisher

James Currey, Oxford 2001.

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0852555989

ISBN 13

9780852555989

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

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Includes the playscript of Toufann by Dev Virahsawmy, an English version of his Mauritian Creole interpretation of The Tempest. African playwrights remain aware of the political dimension of their work. This volume in the African Theatre series examines, for example, a theatrical collaboration inspired by the infamous execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and raisesissues around the power and politics of language in a Mauritian version of The Tempest. Series editors: Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan North America: Indiana U Press; South Africa: Wits U Press

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.

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