Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa
Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa

Author: Lokangaka Losambe

Publisher: New Africa Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781919876061

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In this collection of essays written from different critical perspectives, African playwrights demonstrate through their art that they are not only witnesses, but also consciences, of their societies.

Once Upon Four Robbers
Once Upon Four Robbers

Author: Femi Osofisan

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 9789781291791

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The distinguished Nigerian playwright directed the first performance of this play at the Arts Theatre at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan's incisive vision is put at the service of oppressed humanity. His over-riding theme is that the machinery of oppression in human society is created by man, but man is also capable of demolishing it. The production includes Yoruba songs and incantations, and a glossary provides an English translation - as a guide for other directors to substitute appropriate dirges.

Major Plays
Major Plays

Author: Femi Osofisan

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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For the first time widely available outside Africa, Major Plays 1 is the first title in a series aiming to assemble the most important of Osofisan's works. The volume comprises three plays: Many Colours Make the Thunder-King (1997), Farewell to a Cannibal Rage and The Oriki of a Grasshopper (1986).

Morountodun and Other Plays
Morountodun and Other Plays

Author: Femi Osofisan

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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"Based on the ancient myth of Moremi, the Ife queen who infiltrated the enemy camp to ensure her people's triumph, Morountodun brilliantly brings the story up to date. No More The Wasted Breed and Red is the Freedom Road complete a collection by one of Nigeria's best-known playwrights."--Page 4 of cover

Women of Owu
Women of Owu

Author: Femi Osofisan

Publisher: Ibadan University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9789780690267

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This is an African retelling of Euripides: an unnervingly topical story of a people and a beloved city destroyed by the brutality of war. The play was first performed in Lagos in 2003 under the distinguished director Chuck Mike, and subsequently toured the UK.

Modern African Drama
Modern African Drama

Author: Biodun Jeyifo

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 646

ISBN-13: 9780393975291

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Presents eight twentieth-century plays from seven African countries, along with explanatory notes and over thirty background writings and works of criticism.