African Popular Theatre: From Precolonial Times to the Present Day (Studies in African Literature (Hardcover))

An overview of African popular theatre, its history and contemporary forms. In this survey of theatre forms in sub-Saharan Africa from pre-colonial times to the present day, popular theatre is interpreted widely to include not only conventional drama, but such non-literary forms of performance as dance, mime, dramatised story-telling, masquerades, improvised urban vaudeville theatre, and the theatre of resistance and social action. The book also considers theatre embedded in the modern media of film, radio and television.. Kenya: EAEP