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African theatres and performances

African Theatres & Performances looks at four specific performance forms in Africa and uses this to question the tendency to employ western frames of reference to analyze and appreciate theatrical performance. The book examines:masquerade theatre in Eastern Nigeriathe trance and possession ritual theatre of the Hausa of Northern Nigeriathe musical and oral tradition of the Mandinka of Senegal comedy and satire of the Bamana in Mali.Osita Okagbue describes each performance in detail and discusses how each is made, who

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  • "African Theatres & Performances looks at four specific performance forms in Africa and uses this to question the tendency to employ western frames of reference to analyze and appreciate theatrical performance. The book examines:masquerade theatre in Eastern Nigeriathe trance and possession ritual theatre of the Hausa of Northern Nigeriathe musical and oral tradition of the Mandinka of Senegal comedy and satire of the Bamana in Mali.Osita Okagbue describes each performance in detail and discusses how each is made, who"@en
  • "This text looks at four performances in Africa and uses this to question the tendency in much western and some non-western scholarship to employ western frames of reference to examine/appreciate every kind of theatre or performance."
  • "This text looks at four performances in Africa and uses this to question the tendency in much western and some non-western scholarship to employ western frames of reference to examine/appreciate every kind of theatre or performance."@en

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  • "African theatres & performance"
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