African theatre. Media & performance /

Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance...

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Other Authors: Kerr, David, 1942- (Editor), Plastow, Jane (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • "I ain't gonna play Sun City!": anti-apartheid solidarity and its consequences / Torsten Sannar
  • Ownership & power: debate & discourse around the subcultural phenomenon of Die Antwoord / Sarah Woodward
  • "Border-neutering" devices in Nigerian home video tradition: a study of Mainframe films / Gbemisola Adeoti
  • Tanzanian films: between innovation & incompetence / Vicensia Shule
  • "Telling our story": conversations with KinaUganda home movie directors Mariam Ndagire & Ashraf Simwogerere / Sam Kasule
  • Zimbabwe's Studio 263: navigating between entertainment & health messaging / Samuel Ravengai
  • Vele abantu Sinjalo: nationhood & ethno-linguistic dissent in Zimbabwen television drama / Nehemiah Chivandikwa & Ngonidzashe Muwonwa
  • Within between: engaging communities in contemporary dance practice in East Africa / Christy Adair
  • Water feels: layering time in a contemporary multi-media performance / Moratiwa Molema
  • The campus queen / Akinwumi Isola
  • Book reviews.