Decolonising African theatre / Samuel Ravengai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ravengai, Samuel, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in theatre, performance and the political

Elements in Theatre, Performance and the Political Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--Africa.

Theater--Africa.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (72 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Decolonisation can be pursued in different ways. After many years of developing a critical language to engage coloniality, the most urgent need in African theatre is to develop new theories and methods in our manufactories. This Element uses Afroscenology as a theory to read and comment on African theatre. The Element particularly focuses on the history of laboratories in which it was tested and emerged, the historicization of rombic theatre and the crafting of a theory of the playtext which has been named theatric theory to distinguish it from the Aristotelian dramatic theory. The second dimension of the theory is the performatic technique. This Element also explain Afrosonic mime through examples drawn from the workshops conducted in training performers

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Mar 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009271448

100927144X

9781009271455

1009271458