Decolonising African Theatre

Decolonising African Theatre - Elements in Theatre, Performance and the Political

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Publisher's Synopsis

Decolonisation can be pursued in different ways. After many years of developing a critical language to engage coloniality, the most urgent need in African theatre is to develop new theories and methods in our manufactories. This Element uses Afroscenology as a theory to read and comment on African theatre. The Element particularly focuses on the history of laboratories in which it was tested and emerged, the historicization of rombic theatre and the crafting of a theory of the playtext which has been named theatric theory to distinguish it from the Aristotelian dramatic theory. The second dimension of the theory is the performatic technique. This Element also explain Afrosonic mime through examples drawn from the workshops conducted in training performers.

Book information

ISBN: 9781009500449
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 792.096
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 75 .
Weight: 270g
Height: 159mm
Width: 237mm
Spine width: 11mm