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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 TheatreSeries 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; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick
Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays.
Editor's Introduction - David Kerr'I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City': Anti-apartheid Solidarity & its Consequences - Torsten SannarOwnership & Power: Debate & Discourse around the Subcultural Phenomenon of Die Antwoord - Sarah Woodward'Border-Neutering' Devices in Nigerian Home Video Tradition: A Study of Mainframe Films - Gbemisola AdeotiTanzanian Films: Between Innovation & Incompetence - Vicensia Shule'Telling Our Story': Conversations with KinaUganda Home Movie Directors, Mariam Ndaigire & Ashraf Simwogerere - Sam KasuleZimbabwe's Studio 263: Navigating Between Entertainment & Health Messaging - Samuel RavengaiVele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Nehemiah ChivandikwaVele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Ngonidzashe MuwonwaWithin Between: Engaging Communities in Contemporary Dance Practice in East Africa - Christy AdairWater Feels: Layering Time in a Contemporary Multi-Media Performance - Moratiwa MolemaPlayscript: The Campus Queen - Akinwumi IsolaBook Reviews
An important contribution to the study of the current state of media and performance in Africa and, collectively, the authors address the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy, and sponsorship.