What mama said : an epic drama / Osonye Tess Onwueme ; introduction by Maureen N. Eke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onwueme, Osonye Tess.

Series:

African American Life Series

African American life series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum industry and trade--Drama.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Government, Resistance to--Drama.

Government, Resistance to.

Political corruption--Drama.

Political corruption.

Africa--Drama.

Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An explosive political drama projecting an African people's revolutionary struggle to confront government forces and foreign oil corporations that have ravaged their land and strangled the voices of their mothers and daughters. Renowned playwright Osonye Tess Onwueme's powerful new drama illuminates the effect of national and global oil politics on the lives of impoverished rural Nigerians. What Mama Said is set in the metaphorical state of Sufferland, whose people are starving and routinely exploited and terrorized by corrupt government officials and multinational oil companies-that is, until a voice erupts and moves the wounded women and youths to rise up and demand justice. Onwueme's powerful characters and vibrant, emotionally charged scenes bring to life a turbulent movement for change and challenge to tradition. Aggrieved youths and militant women-whose husbands and sons work in the refineries or have been slaughtered in the violent struggle-take center stage to "drum" their pain in this drama about revolution. Determined to finally confront the multinational forces that have long humiliated them, Sufferland villagers burn down pipelines and kidnap an oil company director. Tensions peak, and activist leaders are put on trial before a global jury that can no longer ignore the situation. What Mama Said is a moving portrayal of the battle for human rights, dignity, compensation, and the right of a nation's people to control the resources of their own land.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Half_title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PRODUCTION HISTORY OF THE DRAMA""; ""THE CAST""; ""DRUMMERS/ACTIVISTS""; ""THE TECHNICAL CREW""; ""THE SETTING""; ""CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""MOVEMENT ONE""; ""MOVEMENT TWO""; ""MOVEMENT THREE""; ""MOVEMENT FOUR""; ""MOVEMENT FIVE""; ""MOVEMENT SIX""; ""MOVEMENT SEVEN""; ""MOVEMENT EIGHT""; ""MOVEMENT NINE""; ""MOVEMENT TEN""; ""MOVEMENT ELEVEN""; ""MOVEMENT TWELVE""; ""Epilogue: A Nation in Custody""; ""Backcover""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780814336786

0814336787

OCLC:

849944811