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Book Synopsis Ola Rotimi's African Theatre by : Niyi Coker
Download or read book Ola Rotimi's African Theatre written by Niyi Coker and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is an exploration into the writing, cultural and theatrical aesthetics of African writer and director, Ola Rotimi. It is a quest and search for an authentic African esthetic that has been transformed by at least two centuries of the European colonization. This work focuses on the aesthetic dimensions of the Ori Olokun theatre under the artistic direction of Ola Rotimi. It reviews Ola Rotimi's vision and impact with the Ori Olokun Company, and his quest to formulate a truly authentic African theatre, void of the imported European sensibility and colonially inherited aesthetic. The unique creative achievement of Rotimi's work at the Ori Olokun theatre, is that it evolved out of the ivory towers of the University, an 'unfriendly' territory as far as the indigenous theatre is concerned. Ola Rotimi dedicated his art to exploring the traditional/indigenous artistic expressions of the Nigeria people at a point when the African aesthetic had completely lost ground to the European value system. Three of Rotimi's historical plays are analyzed to understand and locate his historical perspective. African theatre, an issue that has dominated African theatre for the past half century. His solution is that writers must 'tamper with the English language to temper it's Englishness'. Clearly, what makes Rotimi unique, is that he brings to his plays, the linguistic characteristics and nuances that are authentic to African people.
Book Synopsis Issues in African Theatre by : Ola Rotimi
Download or read book Issues in African Theatre written by Ola Rotimi and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A project of the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, which was founded by the late Ola Rotimi, one of Africa's finest dramatists, author of over a dozen play, theatre director, and Professor of Dramatic Arts. This collection of papers is the result of the dramatist's final creative years, and includes contributions from Rotimi himself as well as others from his department both from the older and younger generations. The essays are entitled: Attainment of Discovery: Efua Sutherland and the Evolution of Modern African Drama; Development of the Theatre of Radical Poetics in Nigeria; 'Each One Tell One'; Language as Praxis in Ola Rotimi and Ngugi wa Thiong'o; Sowande's Revolutionary Socio- Aesthetic Ideal; The Hidden Pursuaders: Nigerian Tele-Drama and Propaganda; The Performer and the Nigerian Copyright Act; The African Operetta: An Overview of Adam Fibersima's 'Edi Ke Marina'; and In Search of Community Theatre Audience.
Book Synopsis African Theatre in Performance by : Dele Layiwola
Download or read book African Theatre in Performance written by Dele Layiwola and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively and varied tribute to Martin Banham, Layiwola has assembled critical commentaries and two plays which focus primarily on Nigerian theatre - both traditional and contemporary. Dele Layiwola, Dapo Adelugba and Sonny Oti trace the beginnings of the School of Drama in 1960, at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where Martin Banham played a key and influential role in the growth of thriving Nigerian theatre repetoire and simulaneously encouraging the creation of a new theatre based on traditional Nigerian theatre forms. This comparative approach is taken up in Dele Layiwola's study of ritual and drama in the context of various traditions worldwide, while Oyin Ogunba presents a lucid picture of the complex use of theatre space in Yoruba ritual dramadar drama. Harsh everyday realitites, both physical and political, are graphically demonstrated by Robert McClaren (Zimbabwe) and Oga Steve Abah (Nigeria) who both show surprising and alarming links between extreme actual experiences and theatre creation and performance. The texts of the two plays - When Criminals Turn Judges by Ola Rotimi, The Hand that Feeds the King by Wale Ogunyemi, are followed by Austin O. Asagba's study of oral tradition and text in plays by Osofisan and Agbeyegbe, and Frances Harding's study on power, language, and imagery in Wole Soyinka's plays.
Download or read book African Theatre written by Martin Banham and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second annual volume in the African Theatre series focuses on the intersection of politics and theatre in Africa today. Topics include the remarkable collaboration between Horse and Bamboo, a puppet theatre company based in the United Kingdom, and Nigerian playwright Sam Ukala that was inspired by the infamous execution of Nigerian playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni activists; the plays of Femi Osofisan; and plays by Ghanaian playwrights Joe de Graft and Mohammed Ben-Abdallah. African Theatre features the work of Mauritian playwright Dev Virahsawmy and includes an interview with him, reviews of an English production of his play, Toufann, as well as the translated playscript. Reports of workshops and conferences, reviews, and news of the year in African theatre make this volume a valuable resource for anyone interested in current issues in African drama and performance.
Download or read book The Epilogue written by Ola Rotimi and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ola Rotini, the great Nigerian playwright, died in 2000. He was reworking two of his plays:îMan Talk, Women Talkî and ìTororo, Tororo, Roroî. They are now published posthumously, and represent an epilogue to his career as a theatre artist and comic playwright. In the first play, Rotimi seeks, with wry humour, resolution of the biases men and women hold against one another; and in the second, the lessons of sharing other peopleís problems are illuminated with comic effect. Effiok B. Unwatt is an Associate Professor of Literature, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Abuja. He is a former Head of the Department of English and Literary Studies.
Book Synopsis The Gods are Not to Blame by : Ola Rotimi
Download or read book The Gods are Not to Blame written by Ola Rotimi and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book If written by Ola Rotimi and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Playwriting and Directing in Nigeria by : Ola Rotimi
Download or read book Playwriting and Directing in Nigeria written by Ola Rotimi and published by Fourth Dimention Publishing Company Limited. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of interviews with the late Ola Rotimi, who is perhaps Nigeria's foremost dramatist of the twentieth century. This edition brings together interviews which Rotimi has given over the past thirty years, some of which were published in occasional journals, and some of which have never previously been published. The interviewers are for the most part leading scholars in the fields of African literature and the dramatic arts: Bernth Lindfors, Onuora Ossie Enekwe, Margaret Floarin, Eldred Titus Green and Bassey Uwatt. The interviews present Rotimi's views on a range of subjects. As a whole, the collection reflects the development in his work and thought over time, and in light of the changing social and political and cultural context. Some subjects addressed are: African identity, academic influences and artistic ambition; the literary heritages of his tragedies, comedies and historical plays; socio-political context and socio-political drama; the craft and form of drama; Nigerian drama, language and authenticity; theatre and teaching in Africa and North America; and the dramatist's commitment to Africa and the Third World.
Download or read book Holding Talks written by Ola Rotimi and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre by : Martin Banham
Download or read book The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre written by Martin Banham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-08-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive alphabetical guide to theatre in Africa and the Caribbean: national essays and entries on countries and performers.
Book Synopsis Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again by : Ola Rotimi
Download or read book Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again written by Ola Rotimi and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Theatre in Africa written by Oyin Ogunba and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cross Currents in African Theatre by : Austin Asagba
Download or read book Cross Currents in African Theatre written by Austin Asagba and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Theatre in Nigeria by : Foluke Ogunleye
Download or read book Theatre in Nigeria written by Foluke Ogunleye and published by Integritas Services. This book was released on 2007 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on earlier works on the African video film movement this book discusses: The Dynamics of Finance in the Nigerian Traveling Theatre; Christian Morality Plays in Nigeria; Television Docudrama as Alternative Records of History; Nigerian Tele-Drama and Propaganda; Money and Mercantilism in Nigerian Historical Plays; History of the Ori Olokun Theatre; and The Socio-Economic Construct of the Nigerian Home Video Film.
Book Synopsis Hopes of the Living Dead by : Ola Rotimi
Download or read book Hopes of the Living Dead written by Ola Rotimi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hopes of the Living Dead: A drama of struggle and hope by society's rejects. A true story of courage and resilience based on the life of Harcourt Whyte. Afflicted with leprosy at an early age and condemned to life as a beggar and an outcast, Harcourt broke the shackles of his existence by writing over two hundred popular church hymns. These became the standard in churches across Southeastern Nigeria and the trendsetter for all future Christian music in the region for decades to come. As a leader, Harcourt led the Lepers' Rebellion of 1928-32. The success of the revolt resulted in the creation of the self-sustaining Uzuakoli Leper Colony and Research Center where Harcourt and his counterparts, as human guinea pigs, helped in the discovery of cures for leprosy. Cured of the disease in 1949, Harcourt formed a choir made up of other Uzuakoli patients. This choir, known for their sonorous voices (for they did not have the appendages necessary for stringed instruments), performed in churches and entertained both the commoner and dignitaries across the land for decades.
Book Synopsis The Theatre of Ola Rotimi by : KEMI ATANDA. ILORI
Download or read book The Theatre of Ola Rotimi written by KEMI ATANDA. ILORI and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Athenian Sun in an African Sky by : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Download or read book The Athenian Sun in an African Sky written by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2001-11-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western literature has become more influential in Africa since the independence of many of that continent's countries in the early 1960s. In particular, Greek tragedy has grown as model and inspiration for African theatre artists. This work begins with a discussion of the affinity that modern-day African playwrights have for ancient Greek tragedy and the factors that determine their choice of classical texts and topics. The study concentrates on how African playwrights transplant the dramatic action and narrative of the Greek texts by rewriting both the performance codes and the cultural context. The methods by which African playwrights have adapted Greek tragedy and the ways in which the plays satisfy the prevailing principles of both cultures are examined. The plays are The Bacchae of Euripides by Wole Soyinka, Song of a Goat by J.P. Clark, The Gods Are Not to Blame by Ola Rotimi, Guy Butler's Demea, Efua Sutherland's Edufa, Orestes by Athol Fugard, The Song of Jacob Zulu by Tug Yourgrau, Femi Osofisan's Tegonni, Edward Kamau Brathwaite's Odale's Choice, The Island by Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona, and Sylvain Bemba's Black Wedding Candles for Blessed Antigone.
