African theatre for development :  art for self-determination / 
edited by Kamal Salhi. 
 - Exeter, England :  Intellect,  1998. 
 - 1 online resource (iv, 188 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Neither "fixed masterpiece" nor "popular distraction" : voice, transformation and encounter in Theatre for Development /  Product or process : Theatre for Development in Africa /  Didactic showmen : Theatre for Development in contemporary South Africa /  Post-colonial Theatre for Development in Algeria : Kateb Yacine's early experience /  Uses and abuses of Theatre for Development : political struggle and development theatre in the Ethiopia-Eritrea war /  Satires in Theatre for Development practice in Tanzania /  Popular theatre and development communication in West Africa /  Werewere Liking and the development of ritual theatre in Cameroon : towards a new feminine theatre for Africa /  Women playwrights and performers respond to the project of development /  Frances Harding --  Osita Okagbu --  Page Laws --  Kamal Salhi --  Jane Plastow --  Juma Adamu Bakari --  Bala A. Musa --  Valerie Orlando --  Laura Box. 
<br/><br/> This book acts as a forum for investigating how African Theatre works and what its place is in this postmodern society. It provides the subject with a degree of detail unmatched in previous books, reflecting a new approach to the study of the performing arts in this region. The book provides an opportunity to discover contemporary material from experts, critics and artists from across the world. The contributions are in a language and style that allow them to be read either as aids to formal study or as elements of discussion to interest the general reader. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585218900 9780585218908 1280477423 9781280477423 9781841508689 1841508683 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>31809781841508689  Ingram Content Group 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB740682  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>017813783  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Theater--Africa.<br/>Theater and society--Africa.<br/>Community development--Africa.<br/>Drama in community development.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.<br/>Community development.<br/>Drama in community development.<br/>Theater.<br/>Theater and society.<br/>Theater<br/>Toneel.<br/>Toneelvoorstellingen.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa.<br/>Afrika<br/>Afrika.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN2969  / .A38 1998eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.484096  / Af83