Author: Chima Osakwe
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527521028
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This book is an extensive and captivating study of the work of Femi Osofisan, one of Nigeria’s most important dramatists and postcolonial playwrights. It explores a variety of his plays to gather together insights on the role of art in social change, and discusses the relationship between literature and politics.
The Revolutionary Drama and Theatre of Femi Osofisan
Author: Chima Osakwe
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527521028
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This book is an extensive and captivating study of the work of Femi Osofisan, one of Nigeria’s most important dramatists and postcolonial playwrights. It explores a variety of his plays to gather together insights on the role of art in social change, and discusses the relationship between literature and politics.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527521028
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
This book is an extensive and captivating study of the work of Femi Osofisan, one of Nigeria’s most important dramatists and postcolonial playwrights. It explores a variety of his plays to gather together insights on the role of art in social change, and discusses the relationship between literature and politics.
Ancient Songs Set Ablaze
Author: Sandra L. Richards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Ancient Songs Set Ablaze constitutes the first systematic study of the plays of Femi Osofisan, winner in 1983 of the first Assciation of Nigerian Authors prize for drama. Osofisan is one of the most respected and prolific African writers. He uses a postcolonial history of poverty political unrest, and social corruption to create theatre pieces that range from social protest dramas, to murder mysteries, to farces. His style encompasses such African performance practices as story-telling, dance dramas, and dilemma tales. As his work gains in popularity in the United States, Osofisan has begun to obtain commissions and productions on American college campuses and regional theatres nationwide.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Ancient Songs Set Ablaze constitutes the first systematic study of the plays of Femi Osofisan, winner in 1983 of the first Assciation of Nigerian Authors prize for drama. Osofisan is one of the most respected and prolific African writers. He uses a postcolonial history of poverty political unrest, and social corruption to create theatre pieces that range from social protest dramas, to murder mysteries, to farces. His style encompasses such African performance practices as story-telling, dance dramas, and dilemma tales. As his work gains in popularity in the United States, Osofisan has begun to obtain commissions and productions on American college campuses and regional theatres nationwide.
Theatre Matters
Author: Jane Plastow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521634434
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This book focuses on how theatre can make and has made positive political and social interventions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521634434
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This book focuses on how theatre can make and has made positive political and social interventions.
African Theatre
Author: Martin Banham
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253215390
Category : African drama
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The contributions to this volume in the African Theatre series make clear that the role of women in the theatre across the continent has changed as control is mainly held by literate elites and women's traditional standing has been lost to men.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253215390
Category : African drama
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The contributions to this volume in the African Theatre series make clear that the role of women in the theatre across the continent has changed as control is mainly held by literate elites and women's traditional standing has been lost to men.
The Drama of Femi Osofisan
Author: Muyiwa P. Awodiya
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Vision of Change in African Drama
Author: Sola Adeyemi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 152753796X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Fémi Òsófisan is a major dramatist from Nigeria who experiments with forms and theatrical traditions. This book focuses on his development as a dramatist and his contribution to world drama as a postcolonial African writer whose major preoccupation has been to question the colonial and postcolonial issues of identity in theatre, literature and performance. The volume explores how Òsófisan exploits his Yorùbá heritage in his drama and the performances of his plays by reading new meanings into popular mythology, and by re-writing history to comment on contemporary social and political issues. Òsófisan has often introduced new motifs and narratives to energise dramatic performances in Nigeria and globally, and this text discusses developments in his theatre practices in the context of changing cultural trends.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 152753796X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Fémi Òsófisan is a major dramatist from Nigeria who experiments with forms and theatrical traditions. This book focuses on his development as a dramatist and his contribution to world drama as a postcolonial African writer whose major preoccupation has been to question the colonial and postcolonial issues of identity in theatre, literature and performance. The volume explores how Òsófisan exploits his Yorùbá heritage in his drama and the performances of his plays by reading new meanings into popular mythology, and by re-writing history to comment on contemporary social and political issues. Òsófisan has often introduced new motifs and narratives to energise dramatic performances in Nigeria and globally, and this text discusses developments in his theatre practices in the context of changing cultural trends.
Morountodun and Other Plays
Author: Femi Osofisan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"Based on the ancient myth of Moremi, the Ife queen who infiltrated the enemy camp to ensure her people's triumph, Morountodun brilliantly brings the story up to date. No More The Wasted Breed and Red is the Freedom Road complete a collection by one of Nigeria's best-known playwrights."--Page 4 of cover
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"Based on the ancient myth of Moremi, the Ife queen who infiltrated the enemy camp to ensure her people's triumph, Morountodun brilliantly brings the story up to date. No More The Wasted Breed and Red is the Freedom Road complete a collection by one of Nigeria's best-known playwrights."--Page 4 of cover
Once Upon Four Robbers
Author: Femi Osofisan
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9789781291791
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The distinguished Nigerian playwright directed the first performance of this play at the Arts Theatre at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan's incisive vision is put at the service of oppressed humanity. His over-riding theme is that the machinery of oppression in human society is created by man, but man is also capable of demolishing it. The production includes Yoruba songs and incantations, and a glossary provides an English translation - as a guide for other directors to substitute appropriate dirges.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9789781291791
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
The distinguished Nigerian playwright directed the first performance of this play at the Arts Theatre at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan's incisive vision is put at the service of oppressed humanity. His over-riding theme is that the machinery of oppression in human society is created by man, but man is also capable of demolishing it. The production includes Yoruba songs and incantations, and a glossary provides an English translation - as a guide for other directors to substitute appropriate dirges.
The Chattering and the Song
Author: Femi Osofisan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigerian drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nigerian drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Playing Dangerously
Author: Femi Osofisan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789781213144
Category : Nigerian drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789781213144
Category : Nigerian drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description