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Gigantes em cena
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Soyinka, Wole
- Series:
- Dramaturgia
- Language:
- Portuguese
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Coimbra Coimbra University Press 2020
- Language Note:
- Portuguese
- Summary:
- Giants on Stage shows a static picture in which the 'giants' of the title, Kamini, Gunema, Kasko and Tuboum - slightly disguised representations of Idi Amin Macias Nguema, Jean-Bedel Bokassa and Mobutu Sese Seko, respectively - are presented as constituents of the post-colonial products of the Western superpowers. Kamini, for example, is put into power by the British, financed by the Americans, militarily armed by the Soviets and ultimately abandoned by all when the services of an insane dictator is no longer convenient to them. Giants on Stage is thus a surreal fantasy of international poetic justice in which the economic and political support systems of Western governments respond catastrophically, in their own time and at their own whim, to the monsters they have created and consequently lost control over.In this play, Soyinka manages to bring together in one place all the infamous dictators of Africa. The Secretary General of the United Nations and two delegates, from Russia and the United States, are the other personalities who give Giants on Stage its international character. The pretext for such an encounter is a meeting of the United Nations. As the play unfolds, we witness the role the superpowers play in sustaining the dictators in power and at the same time the true nature of these African dictators - their confusions, sexual perversions, their misconceptions of power and its complexities.
- Gigantes em Cena mostra um quadro estaÌtico no qual os "gigantes" do tiÌtulo, Kamini, Gunema, Kasko e Tuboum - representaçoÌes levemente disfarçadas de Idi Amin Macias Nguema, Jean-Bedel Bokassa e Mobutu Sese Seko, respetivamente - se apresentam como constituintes dos produtos poÌs-coloniais das superpoteÌncias do ocidente. Kamini, por exemplo, eÌ colocado no poder pelos britaÌnicos, financiado pelos americanos, militarmente armado pelos sovieÌticos e, no final, abandonado por todos, quando os serviços de um ditador insano jaÌ naÌo lhes eÌ conveniente. Gigantes em Cena constitui, deste modo, uma fantasia surreal de justiça poeÌtica internacional em que os sistemas de apoio econoÌmico e poliÌtico dos governos ocidentais respondem, a seu tempo e bel-prazer, de forma catastroÌfica, aos monstros que eles proÌprios criaram e sobre os quais, consequentemente, perderam o controlo.<br>Nesta peça, Soyinka consegue reunir num soÌ local todos os infames ditadores de AÌfrica. O SecretaÌrio-Geral das NaçoÌes Unidas e dois delegados, da RuÌssia e dos Estados Unidos da AmeÌrica, constituem as outras personalidades que daÌo o caraÌter internacional a Gigantes em Cena. O pretexto para tal encontro eÌ uma reuniaÌo das NaçoÌes Unidas. AÌ medida que a peça se desenrola, assistimos ao papel que as superpoteÌncias desempenham na sustentaçaÌo dos ditadores no poder e, simultaneamente, aÌ verdadeira natureza destes ditadores africanos - as suas confusoÌes, perversoÌes sexuais, os conceitos errados que teÌm do poder e respetivas complexidades.
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