{"product_id":"0393975290","title":"Modern African Drama: A Norton Critical Edition","description":"\n\u003cp\u003ePresents Eight Twentieth-century Plays From Seven African Countries, Along With Explanatory Notes And Over Thirty Background Writings And Works Of Criticism. The Fate Of A Cockroach \/ Tawfik Al-hakim -- Intelligence Powder \/ Kateb Yacine -- Sizwe Bansi Is Dead \/ Athol Fugard, John Kani \u0026amp; Winston Nthsona -- Death And The King's Horseman \/ Wole Soyinka -- A Collision Of Altars \/ Tsegaye Gabre-medhin -- The Dilemma Of A Ghost \/ Ama Ata Aidoo -- I Will Marry When I Want \/ Ngugi Wa Thiong'o And Ngugi Wa Mirii -- Esu And The Vagabond Minstrels \/ Femi Osofisan. Backgrounds And Criticism -- On National Culture \/ Frantz Fanon -- Theatre In African Traditional Cultures: Survival Patterns \/ Wole Soyinka -- Enactments Of Power: The Politics Of Performance Space \/ Ngugi Wa Thiong'o -- The Reinvention Of Theatrical Tradition \/ Biodun Jeyifo -- African Theatre In A Global Context \/ Don Rubin -- Dimensions Of Theatricality In Africa \/ Joachim Fieback -- Art As Tool, Weapon Or Shield? : Arts For Development Seminar, Harare \/ David Kerr -- Trends In The Drama Of Tawfik Al-hakim \/ Paul Starkey -- Introduction To Fate Of A Cockroach And Other Plays \/ Denys Johnson-davies -- Philosophical And Psychological Themes In Fate Of A Cockroach \/ Richard Long -- The Theatrical Carnivalesque In Intelligence Powder \/ Bernard Aresu -- Populist Aesthetics And Idioms In Kateb Yacine's Theatre \/ Jacqueline Kaye And Abdelhamid Zoubir -- The Pragmatics And Aesthetics Of Kateb Yacine's Theatre Practice \/ Kamal Salhi. Introduction To Statements \/ Athol Fugard -- Robert Zwelinzima Is Alive \/ Russell Vandenbroucke -- Artistic Ambivalence In Sizwe Bansi Is Dead \/ Hilary Seymour -- The Statements Plays \/ Dennis Walder -- Author's Note To Death And The King's Horseman \/ Wole Soyinka -- Towards A True Theatre \/ Wole Soyinka -- The Fox's Dance : The Staging Of Soyinka's Plays \/ Annemarie Heywood -- Cultural Death And The King's Horseman \/ Adebayo Williams -- Tribute To Wole Soyinka \/ Michael Etherton -- Author's Note To Collision Of Altars \/ Tsegaye Gabre-medhin -- Collision Of Alters : Notes On History \/ Richard Pankhurst -- Art And Ideology In The Plays Of Tsegaye Gabre-medhin -- Tsegaye Gabre-medhin And Ethiopian Reformist Theatre \/ Jane Plastow -- Oral Tradition In Dilemma Of A Ghost \/ Lloyd W. Brown -- Motherhood In Ama Ata Aidoo's Plays \/ C.l. Innes -- A Bird Of The Wayside Sings \/ Vincent O. Odamtten -- Women In Cultural Work : The Fate Of The Kamĩrĩĩthũ People's Theatre In Kenya \/ Ngugi Wa Thiong'o -- I Will Marry When I Want \/ Oliver Lovesey -- Formal Strategies And Social Commentary In His Plays \/ Femi Osofisan -- Hegemony Rests With The Audience \/ Sandra Richards -- Form, Content, And Context In Femi Osofisan's Drama \/ Abiola Irele -- The Theatre Of Femi Osofisan \/ Chris Dunton -- African Drama : A Chronology. Edited By Biodun Jeyifo. Authoritative Texts Of: Fate Of A Cockroach -- Intelligence Powder -- Sizwe Bansi Is Dead -- Death And The King's Horseman -- Collision Of Altars -- The Dilemma Of A Ghost -- I Will Marry When I Want -- Esu And The Vagabond Minstrels. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 643-646).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Social Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Sciences\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultural \u0026amp; Ethnic Studies\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican Descent \u0026amp; Black\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eAfrican American Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49077598879934,"sku":"0393975290-4","price":11.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/61iPdMWnFOL.jpg?v=1789751346","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0393975290","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}