African Drama and Performance is a collection of innovative and                  wide-ranging essays that bring conceptually fresh perspectives, from both renowned                  and emerging voices, to the study of drama, theatre, and performance in Africa.                  Topics range from studies of major dramatic authors and formal literary dramas to                  improvisational theatre and popular video films. South Africa's Truth and                  Reconciliation Commissions are analyzed as a kind of social performance, and aspects                  of African performance in the diaspora are also considered. This dynamic volume                  underscores theatre's role in postcolonial society and politics and reexamines                  performance as a form of high art and everyday social                  ritual.Contributors are Akin Adesokan, Daniel Avorgbedor, Karin                  Barber, Nicholas Brown, Catherine Cole, John Conteh-Morgan, Johannes Fabian, Joachim                  Fiebach, Marie-Jos? Hourantier, Loren Kruger, Pius Ngandu Nkashama, Isidore Okpewho,                  Tejumola Olaniyan, Ato Quayson, Sandra L. Richards, Wole Soyinka, Dominic Thomas,                  and Bob W. White.

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