Drama and Theatre in Nigeria
| Author | : Yemi Ogunbiyi |
| Publisher | : Lagos : Nigeria Magazine |
| Total Pages | : 548 |
| Release | : 1981 |
| Genre | : Nigerian drama |
| ISBN | : |
Nigerias Theatre And Drama
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Socio-political Theatre in Nigeria
| Author | : Iremhokiokha Peter Ukpokodu |
| Publisher | : Mellen University Press |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 1992 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : |
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.
Pre-colonial and Post-colonial Drama and Theatre in Africa
| Author | : Lokangaka Losambe |
| Publisher | : New Africa Books |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9781919876061 |
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.
Hubert Ogunde
| Author | : Ebun Clark |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Theater |
| ISBN | : 9789780692384 |
The professional theatre company of Hubert Ogunde has been in existence in Nigeria for over 30 years. In this well documented study of the highly popular and innovative theatrical group, Ebun Clark describes its formation and development from both the historical and theatrical points of view, with particular emphasis on Ogunde's relation to the nationalist movement of the 1940s as well as his various encounters with the colonial authorities who tried to ban his performances. This study by one of the country's foremost theatre scholars provides a valuable introduction to the understanding of the influences that have shaped the Nigerian theatre today.
African Theatre in Performance
| Author | : Dele Layiwola |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 155 |
| Release | : 2013-11-05 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1134429266 |
In this lively and varied tribute to Martin Banham, Layiwola has assembled critical commentaries and two plays which focus primarily on Nigerian theatre - both traditional and contemporary. Dele Layiwola, Dapo Adelugba and Sonny Oti trace the beginnings of the School of Drama in 1960, at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where Martin Banham played a key and influential role in the growth of thriving Nigerian theatre repetoire and simulaneously encouraging the creation of a new theatre based on traditional Nigerian theatre forms. This comparative approach is taken up in Dele Layiwola's study of ritual and drama in the context of various traditions worldwide, while Oyin Ogunba presents a lucid picture of the complex use of theatre space in Yoruba ritual dramadar drama. Harsh everyday realitites, both physical and political, are graphically demonstrated by Robert McClaren (Zimbabwe) and Oga Steve Abah (Nigeria) who both show surprising and alarming links between extreme actual experiences and theatre creation and performance. The texts of the two plays - When Criminals Turn Judges by Ola Rotimi, The Hand that Feeds the King by Wale Ogunyemi, are followed by Austin O. Asagba's study of oral tradition and text in plays by Osofisan and Agbeyegbe, and Frances Harding's study on power, language, and imagery in Wole Soyinka's plays.
Trends in Twenty-First-Century African Theatre and Performance
| Author | : Kene Igweonu |
| Publisher | : Rodopi |
| Total Pages | : 458 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9401200823 |
Trends in Twenty-First Century African Theatre and Performance is a collection of regionally focused articles on African theatre and performance. The volume provides a broad exploration of the current state of African theatre and performance and considers the directions they are taking in the 21st Century. It contains sections on current trends in theatre and performance studies, on applied/community theatre and on playwrights. The chapters have evolved out of a working group process, in which papers were submitted to peer-group scrutiny over a period of four years, at four international conferences. The book will be particularly useful as a key text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in non-western theatre and performance (where this includes African theatre and performance), and would be a very useful resource for theatre scholars and anyone interested in African performance forms and cultures.
African Theatre
| Author | : Martin Banham |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : African drama |
| ISBN | : 9780253215390 |
The contributions to this volume in the African Theatre series make clear that the role of women in the theatre across the continent has changed as control is mainly held by literate elites and women's traditional standing has been lost to men.
Committed Theatre in Nigeria
| Author | : Segun Oyeleke Oyewo |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 231 |
| Release | : 2020-06-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 149859381X |
This book provides an overview of the full range of the teaching and practice of Committed Theatre and theatre of commitment in Nigeria for scholars in the arts and cultural studies. It is divided into four sections; Chapter 1: Theatre in Development Discourse, which is comprised of four papers that explore the theories of practice of theatre of commitment. Chapter 2 : Nigerian Theatre in Perspective discusses the trends, ethos of revolution, theatrical elements and communalistic/individualistic tendencies and the taboos theatre, drama and traditional theatre in Nigeria. In Chapter 3, the social, cultural and historical implications of Nigeria theatre, is examined in papers that focus on politics, theatre, and echoes of separatism in Nigeria and including an analysis of Aesthetagement of the Calabar Carnival in Nigeria. Chapter 4 performs a critical analysis of committed theatre practices from a global perspective. Interviews were conducted with committed artistes from Nigeria, Canada, Ethiopia, and Indonesia. Committed Theatre Perspectives in Teaching and Practice in Nigeria has the potential to impact the philosophy, teaching, and practice of theatre. The ideas contained in the book provide an excellent framework for understanding the importance and more importantly, the impact of theatre on society.
An Introduction to Post-Colonial Theatre
| Author | : Brian Crow |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 1996-03-21 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9780521567220 |
In this book Brian Crow and Chris Banfield provide an introduction to post-colonial theatre by concentrating on the work of major dramatists from the Third World and subordinated cultures in the first world. Crow and Banfield consider the plays of such writers as Wole Soyinka and Athol Fugard and his collaborators from Africa; Derek Walcott from the West Indies; August Wilson and Jack Davis, who write from and about the experience of Black communities in the USA and Australia respectively; and Badal Sircar and Girish Karnad from India. Although these dramatists reflect diverse cultures and histories, they share the common condition of cultural subjection or oppression, which has shaped their theatres. Each chapter contains an informative list of primary source material and further reading about the dramatists. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre and cultural history.
