African Theatre 10: Media and Performance

Examines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa.

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 ofAfrican 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

Editor's Introduction - David Kerr
'I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City': Anti-apartheid Solidarity & its Consequences - Torsten Sannar
Ownership & Power: Debate & Discourse around the Subcultural Phenomenon ofDie Antwoord - Sarah Woodward
'Border-Neutering' Devices in Nigerian Home Video Tradition: A Study of Mainframe Films - Gbemisola Adeoti
Tanzanian Films: Between Innovation & Incompetence - Vicensia Shule
'Telling Our Story': Conversations with KinaUganda Home Movie Directors, Mariam Ndaigire & Ashraf Simwogerere - Sam Kasule
Zimbabwe's Studio 263: Navigating Between Entertainment & Health Messaging - Samuel Ravengai
Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Nehemiah Chivandikwa
Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Ngonidzashe Muwonwa
Within Between: Engaging Communities in Contemporary Dance Practice in East Africa - Christy Adair
Water Feels: Layering Time in a Contemporary Multi-Media Performance - Moratiwa Molema
Playscript:The Campus Queen - Akinwumi Isola
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