West African Popular TheatreIndiana University Press, 22.06.1997 - 310 Seiten " . . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." —Leeds African Studies Bulletin "A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. " —Margaret Drewal "A fine book. The play texts are treasures." —Richard Bauman African popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria. |
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... thing in those days , for the concert party was not recognized as a topic worthy of academic inquiry . However , the encounter with the J.J.s proved to be a stage in a lifelong involvement with African popular music and with highlife in ...
... thing that fascinated us , an incipient sense that here was an opportunity to get to know people and culture in a productive and rewarding way ... and with strong encouragement from the theatre companies themselves . But looking back ...
... thing about the traditional musical sensibility . From having played Afri- can American genres such as jazz and rhythm ' n ' blues I was familiar with some African musical techniques : call and response , syncopation , the use of ...
... things about them that appear contradictory and which are neither specified nor resolved - and that there are ... thing about the play is the moral or " lesson " encapsulated and enacted in the narrative . This text -the text of the ...
... things of life . In most of West Africa , the 1940s was a period of political unrest , the 1950s a period of swift political mobiliza- tion , formation of political parties , elections , local and regional self - govern- ment , and ...
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2 The Jaguar Jokers and Orphan Do Not Glance | 56 |
3 Text of Orphan Do Not Glance Awisia Yi Wo Ani | 92 |
4 Concert Party in Lomé and The African Girl from Paris | 117 |
5 The African Girl from Paris | 145 |
6 The Ẹdá Theatre and The Secret Is Out | 183 |
7 The Secret Is Out Gbangbá dẸkùn | 210 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 277 |
INDEX | 281 |