Explorations in southern African drama, theatre and performance / by Patrick J. Ebewo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ebewo, Patrick, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--Africa, Southern.

Theater.

Black people in the theater--Africa, Southern.

Black people in the theater.

Southern Africa.

Physical Description:

xvii, 249 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

In spite of the rich repertoire of artistic traditions in Southern Africa, particularly in the areas of drama, theatre and performance, there seems to be a lack of a corresponding robust academic engagement with these subjects. While it can be said that some of the racial groups in the region have received substantial attention in terms of scholarly discussions of their drama and theatre performances, the same cannot be said of the black African racial group. As such, this collection of thirteen chapters represents a compendium of critical and intellectual discourses on black African drama, theatre and performance in Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland. The topics covered in the book include, amongst others, ritual practices, interventionist approaches to drama, textual analyses, and the funeral rites (viewed as performance) of the South African liberation icon Nelson Mandela. The discussions are rooted mainly using African paradigms that are relevant to the context of African cultural production. The contributions here add to the aggregate knowledge economy of Southern Africa, promote research and publication, and provide reading materials for university students specialising in the performing arts. As such, the book will appeal to academics, theatre scholars, cultural workers and arts administrators, arts practitioners and entrepreneurs, the tourism industry, arts educators, and development communication experts. Book jacket.

Contents:

List of figures

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Drama, Theatre, and Performance in Southern Africa : An Overview

Theatre and Reconciliation in South Africa : Past and Present Assumptions, Future Possibilities

Swazi Incwala : The Performative Elements in a Ritual Practice

Zakes Mda's Dramaturgy and the Satirical Import in Our Lady of Benoni

Syncretism, Symbolism and Revolutionary Aesthetics in the Plays of Masitha Hoeane / with Ntsele Radebe

Rre Phathasane and Letsema : Industrial Theatre Projects in Botswana

Dramatist in Exile : The Contributions of Zakes Mda to the Development of Socio-Political Consciousness in Lesotho

Representation of the Black Township in Contemporary South African Drama : A Study of Grootboom's Relativity: Township Stories / with Nellie NgCongo

Reflections on Theatre-for-Development Projects : Lesotho and Botswana

Mandela's Funeral as Community Performance

Parody Series in South African Television Edutainment : Loyiso Gola's Late Nite News (LNN)

The Theatre Industry in Post-Apartheid South Africa : Hopes and Impediments

An Interview with Bonisile K. Nxumalo : A Contemporary Voice in Performance Poetry

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781443898690

1443898694

OCLC:

973895648

Publisher Number:

99975760681