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 East African Theatre (2020).

• 1. Chapter 1: Francophone Theatre: Burundi, Djibouti and Rwanda.- 2. Chapter 2: Colonial Theatre in British East Africa: Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.- 3. Chapter 3: The Post-Independence Theatres of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.- 4. Chapter 4: Theatre for Development in East Africa.- 5. Conclusion.

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 East African Theatre (2020).

• 1. Chapter 1: Francophone Theatre: Burundi, Djibouti and Rwanda.- 2. Chapter 2: Colonial Theatre in British East Africa: Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.- 3. Chapter 3: The Post-Independence Theatres of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.- 4. Chapter 4: Theatre for Development in East Africa.- 5. Conclusion.

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 East African Theatre (2020).

• 1. Chapter 1: Francophone Theatre: Burundi, Djibouti and Rwanda.- 2. Chapter 2: Colonial Theatre in British East Africa: Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika.- 3. Chapter 3: The Post-Independence Theatres of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.- 4. Chapter 4: Theatre for Development in East Africa.- 5. Conclusion.