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 Africarsquo;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 theatrersquo;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-Joseacute; 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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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It was fun to read this bookBy PaulIt was fun to read this book. It brings back many memories of growing up in Grover City (as it was called then) during the late fifties and into the sixties.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A better map would have helpedBy J WilsonThis is what a local history should be; it takes it from Mexican land grant through its early farming years; with history associated with each picture. A better map would have helped; as its hard to see where the new development fit on the old maps.
