Banham / Gibbs / Osofisan African Theatre 15: China, India & the Eastern World

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78204-859-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 15, 263 Seiten

Reihe: African Theatre

Extends the study of China's "soft power" into theatre studies and looks more widely at syncretic traditions evolving in other long-term historic exchanges between Asia and Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banham, Martin

Gibbs, James

Osofisan, Femi

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gibbs, James

Asiedu, Awo Mana

Humphries, Tony

Da Costa Morais, Isabel Maria

Rufino Valente, Rita M.

Cheng, Ying

Shang, Wang

Matzke, Christine

Alsleben, Jonas

Schauf, Daniel

Scholtysik, Philipp

Shroff, Beheroze

Katrak, Ketu H.

Walling, Michael

Ahmed, Syed Jamil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - James Gibbs
I AFRICA'S DISCOVERY OF CHINESE THEATRE China in Ghana: an interview with Mohammed Ben Abdallah about the National Theatre, built by the Chinese Government in Accra; introduced & annotated by James Gibbs - Awo Mana Asiedu
The Orphan of Chao: A Chinese Play at a Nigerian University, 1979 - Tony Humphries
II CHINA'S DISCOVERY OF AFRICA: TEXTS, FESTIVALS & BUILDINGS Theatre in China in 1965, with a focus on War Drums Along the Equator - an interview with Robert Bolt, with an introduction by James Gibbs - James Gibbs
The post-colonial imaginary & politics of representation in the Macao SAR: the Teatrau & the (re) emergence of 'lusofonia' under Chinese stars - Isabel Maria Da Costa Morais
China-Africa relations at the Mindelact Theatre Festival, Sao Vicente, Cabo Verde - Rita M. Rufino Valente
China meets South Africa in the theatre: some recent South African work about China & in China, & The Year of China in South Africa - Ying Cheng
A checklist of African playscripts translated into Chinese - Wang Shang
Introducing Blickakte - (Acts of Viewing): 'Do I see what I see, do I know what I know, do I hear what I hear' - Christine Matzke
Playscript: Blickakte (Acts of Viewing) based on an idea by Ahmed Jama Aden - Daniel Schauf
Playscript: Blickakte (Acts of Viewing) based on an idea by Ahmed Jama Aden - Philipp Scholtysik
Playscript: Blickakte (Acts of Viewing) based on an idea by Ahmed Jama Aden - Jonas Alsleben
III INDIAN THEATRE EXCHANGES WITH EAST & SOUTH AFRICA: HISTORICAL DIMENSIONS Indians of African descent: Sidis, Bava Gor & spiritual practices - Beheroze Shroff
Jay Pather, South African artist of Indian ancestry: Transforming society in post-apartheid South Africa through his theatre-dance works - Ketu H. Katrak
IV CONTESTED SPACES: Asian & African theatre in Mauritius: A report from the front line - Michael Walling
Hidden under a black veil in Terra Incognita: representations of Africa in Bangladesh theatre, with a checklist of African playscripts performed in Bangladesh - Syed Jamil Ahmed
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Über Autor(innen)

Osofisan Femi:
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. Matzke Christine:
CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin.Osofisan Femi:
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.