African performance arts and political acts / Naomi André, Yolanda Covington-Ward, and Jendele Hungbo, Editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

André, Naomi, editor, contributor.

Contributor:

Covington-Ward, Yolanda, editor, contributor.

Hungbo, Jendele, editor, contributor.

Askew, Kelly, editor.

Pitcher, Anne, editor.

Irvine, Judith T., contributor.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

African perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, African--Political aspects.

Arts, African.

Arts, African--Social aspects.

Performance art--Africa.

Performance art.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2021.

Summary:

"African Performance Arts and Political Acts presents innovative formulations for how African performance and the arts shape the narratives of cultural history and politics. This collection, edited by Naomi André, Yolanda Covington-Ward, and Jendele Hungbo, engages with a breadth of African countries and art forms, bringing together speech, hip hop, religious healing and gesture, theater and social justice, opera, radio announcements, protest songs, and migrant workers' dances. The spaces include village communities, city landscapes, prisons, urban hostels, Township theaters, opera houses, and broadcasts through the airwaves on television and radio as well as in cyberspace. Essays focus on case studies from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472128754

0472128752

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.