The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre

Comprehensive alphabetical guide to theatre in Africa and the Caribbean: national essays and entries on countries and performers.

Martin Banham (Edited by), Errol Hill (Edited by), George Woodyard (Edited by)

9780521612074, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 20 January 2005

272 pages, 30 b/w illus.
24.6 x 18.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.49 kg

'The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre provides a very necessary literary map which helps a reader to place the works in context and importance, which is an asset for a guide … a very good read and … laid out to provide easy reference with items of special interest and further reading material physically highlighted on the pages. The book will therefore satisfy the curious and the general reader as much as it will the student and the scholarly researcher.' A. Creighton, University of Guyana

The Cambridge Guide to African and Caribbean Theatre is an exploration of the rich diversity of theatrical traditions in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the book traces the ancient and complex roots of African theatre - still evident in community festivals and religious rituals - through the centuries of colonial domination, to the African diaspora and its manifestation in Caribbean theatre. Drawing upon the parent Cambridge Guide to Theatre, material is updated and refocused to offer a specific view of traditional and contemporary theatre activity in over 40 countries. National essays are followed by alphabetically arranged entries on the major figures in the theatrical arts of that country, whilst additional entries concentrate on specific aspects of theatre, from rituals and festivals to theatre companies and language.

List of contributors
Preface
1. African theatre
2. Introduction
3. Benin
4. Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland
5. Burkina Faso
6. Cameroon
7. People's Republic of Congo
8. Cote d'Ivoire
9. Ethiopia
10. Gabon and the Central African Republic
11. Ghana
12. Guinea
13. Kenya
14. Madagascar
15. Malawi
16. Mali
17. Mauritius
18. Niger
19. Nigeria
20. Senegal
21. Sierra Leone
22. South Africa
23. Togo
24. Uganda
25. Zaire
26. Zambia
27. Zimbabwe
28. Caribbean theatre
29. Introduction
30. Barbados
31. Cuba
32. Dominican Republic
33. Eastern Caribbean States
34. Guyana
35. Jamaica
36. Puerto Rico
37. Trinidad and Tobago
Index
Illustration acknowledgements.

Subject Areas: Theatre studies [AN]