Overview
- The first ever transnational study of an African region
- Covers nine nations across two volumes
- Focuses on the theatre of the Horn of Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia
Part of the book series: Transnational Theatre Histories (TTH)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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About this book
This book is the first ever transnational theatre study of an African region. Covering nine nations in two volumes, the project covers a hundred years of theatre making across Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. This volume focuses on the theatre of the Horn of Africa. The book shows how the theatres of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, little known in the outside world, have been among the continent's most politically important, commercially successful, and widely popular; making work almost exclusively in local languages and utilizing hybrid forms that have privileged local cultural modes of production. A History of African Theatre is relevant to all who have interests in African cultures and their relationship to the history and politics of the East African region.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre at the University of Leeds, UK. Her research, teaching, and theatre making have focused on East Africa for over three decades and she has lived and worked in a number of the countries featured in A History of African Theatre.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A History of East African Theatre, Volume 1
Book Subtitle: Horn of Africa
Authors: Jane Plastow
Series Title: Transnational Theatre Histories
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47272-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47271-9Published: 30 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47274-0Published: 30 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47272-6Published: 29 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-5893
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5907
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 305
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations
Topics: Global/International Theatre and Performance, Theatre History, Contemporary Theatre