African Theatre 10: Media and Performance
Contributions by Akinwumi Isola, Christy Adair, Professor David Kerr, Gbemisola Adeoti, Moratiwa Molema, Nehemiah Chivandikwa, Ngonidzashe Muwonwa, Sam Kasule, Samuel Ravengai, Sarah Woodward, Torsten Sannar, Vicensia Shule Edited by Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan
Publication date:
20 November 2011Length of book:
174 pagesPublisher
James CurreyISBN-13: 9781782040958
Examines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa.
Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship.
Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre
Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; JanePlastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick
Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship.
Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre
Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; JanePlastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick