African Theatres and Performances - Okagbue, Osita
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Looks at performance forms in Africa and questions the tendency to employ western frames of reference to analyze and appreciate theatrical performance. This book examines masquerade theatre in Eastern Nigeria; possession ritual theatre of Hausa of Northern Nigeria; oral tradition of Mandinka of Senegal; and, comedy and satire of Bamana in Mali.
This book looks at four performances in Africa and uses these to question the tendency in much western and non-western scholarship the idea that cultures produce the kind of performances that satisfy the aesthetic and social needs of people.

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Looks at performance forms in Africa and questions the tendency to employ western frames of reference to analyze and appreciate theatrical performance. This book examines masquerade theatre in Eastern Nigeria; possession ritual theatre of Hausa of Northern Nigeria; oral tradition of Mandinka of Senegal; and, comedy and satire of Bamana in Mali.
This book looks at four performances in Africa and uses these to question the tendency in much western and non-western scholarship the idea that cultures produce the kind of performances that satisfy the aesthetic and social needs of people.
Autorenporträt
Dr Osita Okagbue is Lecturer in the Drama department of Goldsmiths College, University of London.