Asiimwe Deborah Kawe is Producing Artistic Director for the Tebere Arts Foundation and Artistic Director of the Kampala International Theatre Festival.Robert H. Vorlicky, recent Visiting Professor of Theatre, New York University Abu Dhabi; Director of Theatre Studies and the initial Director of Drama’s Honors Program, NYU New York.

• Editors’ NoteForeword by Esi Sutherland-Addy (Ghana)PlaysUs, Too, We’re People by Celma Costa (Mozambique)Tafé Fanga: Le pouvoir du pagne? by Jeanne Diama (Mali), translated from the French by Judith G. Miller (USA) as Tafé Fanga: The Power of the Wrapper?Cooking Oil by Asiimwe Deborah Kawe (Uganda)Nguzo Mama by Penina Muhando (Tanzania), translated from the Kiswahili by Joshua Williams (USA) as The Pillar of MotherhoodLe Roi Est Mort, Vive la Reine by Claudia Munyengabe (Burundi), translated from the French and the Kirundi by Rivardo Niyónīzígiye (Burundi) as The King Is Dead, Long Live the QueenGreen Chilli by Alaa Taha (Sudan)Desperate to Fight by Meaza Worku (Ethiopia)Course Aux Noces by Nathalie Hounvo Yekpe (Benin), translated from the French by Judith G. Miller (USA) as The Race to Get MarriedOther ContributorsAcknowledgments

This collection offers access to an extraordinary and diverse selection of plays, addressing a critical gap in the literature. The work is both timely and essential, as the editors have thoughtfully highlighted how the multilingual subjectivities in these plays transcend traditionally colonial languages such as Arabic, French, English, and Portuguese. Notably, the inclusion of a Kiswahili play deserves particular recognition, as it disrupts and challenges the historical language hierarchies frequently perpetuated in African literary anthologies.

Asiimwe Deborah Kawe is Producing Artistic Director for the Tebere Arts Foundation and Artistic Director of the Kampala International Theatre Festival.Robert H. Vorlicky, recent Visiting Professor of Theatre, New York University Abu Dhabi; Director of Theatre Studies and the initial Director of Drama’s Honors Program, NYU New York.

• Editors’ NoteForeword by Esi Sutherland-Addy (Ghana)PlaysUs, Too, We’re People by Celma Costa (Mozambique)Tafé Fanga: Le pouvoir du pagne? by Jeanne Diama (Mali), translated from the French by Judith G. Miller (USA) as Tafé Fanga: The Power of the Wrapper?Cooking Oil by Asiimwe Deborah Kawe (Uganda)Nguzo Mama by Penina Muhando (Tanzania), translated from the Kiswahili by Joshua Williams (USA) as The Pillar of MotherhoodLe Roi Est Mort, Vive la Reine by Claudia Munyengabe (Burundi), translated from the French and the Kirundi by Rivardo Niyónīzígiye (Burundi) as The King Is Dead, Long Live the QueenGreen Chilli by Alaa Taha (Sudan)Desperate to Fight by Meaza Worku (Ethiopia)Course Aux Noces by Nathalie Hounvo Yekpe (Benin), translated from the French by Judith G. Miller (USA) as The Race to Get MarriedOther ContributorsAcknowledgments

This collection offers access to an extraordinary and diverse selection of plays, addressing a critical gap in the literature. The work is both timely and essential, as the editors have thoughtfully highlighted how the multilingual subjectivities in these plays transcend traditionally colonial languages such as Arabic, French, English, and Portuguese. Notably, the inclusion of a Kiswahili play deserves particular recognition, as it disrupts and challenges the historical language hierarchies frequently perpetuated in African literary anthologies.

Asiimwe Deborah Kawe is Producing Artistic Director for the Tebere Arts Foundation and Artistic Director of the Kampala International Theatre Festival.Robert H. Vorlicky, recent Visiting Professor of Theatre, New York University Abu Dhabi; Director of Theatre Studies and the initial Director of Drama’s Honors Program, NYU New York.

• Editors’ NoteForeword by Esi Sutherland-Addy (Ghana)PlaysUs, Too, We’re People by Celma Costa (Mozambique)Tafé Fanga: Le pouvoir du pagne? by Jeanne Diama (Mali), translated from the French by Judith G. Miller (USA) as Tafé Fanga: The Power of the Wrapper?Cooking Oil by Asiimwe Deborah Kawe (Uganda)Nguzo Mama by Penina Muhando (Tanzania), translated from the Kiswahili by Joshua Williams (USA) as The Pillar of MotherhoodLe Roi Est Mort, Vive la Reine by Claudia Munyengabe (Burundi), translated from the French and the Kirundi by Rivardo Niyónīzígiye (Burundi) as The King Is Dead, Long Live the QueenGreen Chilli by Alaa Taha (Sudan)Desperate to Fight by Meaza Worku (Ethiopia)Course Aux Noces by Nathalie Hounvo Yekpe (Benin), translated from the French by Judith G. Miller (USA) as The Race to Get MarriedOther ContributorsAcknowledgments

This collection offers access to an extraordinary and diverse selection of plays, addressing a critical gap in the literature. The work is both timely and essential, as the editors have thoughtfully highlighted how the multilingual subjectivities in these plays transcend traditionally colonial languages such as Arabic, French, English, and Portuguese. Notably, the inclusion of a Kiswahili play deserves particular recognition, as it disrupts and challenges the historical language hierarchies frequently perpetuated in African literary anthologies.