Socio-political Theatre in Nigeria

Socio-political Theatre in Nigeria
Author: Iremhokiokha Peter Ukpokodu
Publisher: Mellen University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1992
Genre: Drama
ISBN:
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This work is a study of Nigerian drama from the eve of independence to the 1980s with supportive materials from Nigeria's socio-political history. It examines the appropriateness and usage of the term Nigerian Drama and sets limits on its meaning. It also looks at what influences the Negritude movement and independence had on Nigerian drama, and why it is important to study Nigerian drama of socio-political concern. It examines pre-Colonial Nigeria, the style of politics and electioneering that marked the first Republic, the Marxist phenomenon in drama, the effects of the civil war, and the drama that resulted. It includes play synopses, and biographies of playwrights.

World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
Author: Ousmane Diakhate
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2013-10-18
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136359567
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Now available in paperback for the first time this edition of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre series examines theatrical developments in Africa since 1945. Entries on thirty-two African countries are featured in this volume, preceded by specialist introductory essays on Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, History and Culture, Cosmology, Music, Dance, Theatre for Young Audiences and Puppetry. There are also special introductory general essays on African theatre written by Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka and the outstanding Congolese playwright, Sony Labou Tansi, before his untimely death in 1995. More up-to-date and more wide-ranging than any other publication, this is undoubtedly a major ground-breaking survey of contemporary African theatre.

World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre

World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre
Author: Irving Brown (Consulting Bibliographer)
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2013-10-11
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136119000
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An annotated world theatre bibliography documenting significant theatre materials published world wide since 1945, plus an index to key names throughout the six volumes of the series.

Nigeria Since Independence

Nigeria Since Independence
Author: J. Hill
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2012-10-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137292040
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This book analyses the political and ethnical tensions that characterize Nigeria, which derive both from colonial and contemporary conflicts. It points out three major factors why Nigeria has not yet collapsed like many other African states: ethnic power sharing amongst the political elite, the military with its national outlook, and oil wealth.

Dynamics of Distancing in Nigerian Drama

Dynamics of Distancing in Nigerian Drama
Author: Nadia Anwar
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2016-07-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 3838268423
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Nadia Anwar analyzes selected post-independence Nigerian dramas using the conceptual framework of metatheatre, a theatrical strategy that foregrounds the process of play-making by breaking the dramatic illusion. She argues that distancing, as a function of metatheatre, creates a balanced theatrical experience and environment in terms of the emotive and cognitive levels of reception of a particular performance. Anwar's book is the first in-depth study to apply the concept of metatheatre to Nigerian drama. She brings the perspectives of Bertolt Brecht, Thomas J. Scheff, and other theoreticians of dramatic distancing to the analysis of plays by authors such as Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Femi Osofisan, Esiaba Irobi, and Stella ‘Dia Oyedepo.