Author: Chima Osakwe
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527521028
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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This book is an extensive and captivating study of the work of Femi Osofisan, one of Nigeria’s most important dramatists and postcolonial playwrights. It explores a variety of his plays to gather together insights on the role of art in social change, and discusses the relationship between literature and politics.
Author: Muyiwa P. Awodiya
Publisher:
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Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Author: Femi Osofisan
Publisher:
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Category : Nigeria
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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"Based on the ancient myth of Moremi, the Ife queen who infiltrated the enemy camp to ensure her people's triumph, Morountodun brilliantly brings the story up to date. No More The Wasted Breed and Red is the Freedom Road complete a collection by one of Nigeria's best-known playwrights."--Page 4 of cover
Author: Martin Banham
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253215390
Category : African drama
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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The contributions to this volume in the African Theatre series make clear that the role of women in the theatre across the continent has changed as control is mainly held by literate elites and women's traditional standing has been lost to men.
Author: Femi Osofisan
Publisher:
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Category : Nigerian drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Author: Sandra L. Richards
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Ancient Songs Set Ablaze constitutes the first systematic study of the plays of Femi Osofisan, winner in 1983 of the first Assciation of Nigerian Authors prize for drama. Osofisan is one of the most respected and prolific African writers. He uses a postcolonial history of poverty political unrest, and social corruption to create theatre pieces that range from social protest dramas, to murder mysteries, to farces. His style encompasses such African performance practices as story-telling, dance dramas, and dilemma tales. As his work gains in popularity in the United States, Osofisan has begun to obtain commissions and productions on American college campuses and regional theatres nationwide.
Author: Femi Osofisan
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9789781291791
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 107
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The distinguished Nigerian playwright directed the first performance of this play at the Arts Theatre at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan's incisive vision is put at the service of oppressed humanity. His over-riding theme is that the machinery of oppression in human society is created by man, but man is also capable of demolishing it. The production includes Yoruba songs and incantations, and a glossary provides an English translation - as a guide for other directors to substitute appropriate dirges.
Author: Femi Osofisan
Publisher: Ibadan University Press
ISBN: 9789780690267
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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This is an African retelling of Euripides: an unnervingly topical story of a people and a beloved city destroyed by the brutality of war. The play was first performed in Lagos in 2003 under the distinguished director Chuck Mike, and subsequently toured the UK.
Author: Sola Adeyemi
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 152753796X
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Fémi Òsófisan is a major dramatist from Nigeria who experiments with forms and theatrical traditions. This book focuses on his development as a dramatist and his contribution to world drama as a postcolonial African writer whose major preoccupation has been to question the colonial and postcolonial issues of identity in theatre, literature and performance. The volume explores how Òsófisan exploits his Yorùbá heritage in his drama and the performances of his plays by reading new meanings into popular mythology, and by re-writing history to comment on contemporary social and political issues. Òsófisan has often introduced new motifs and narratives to energise dramatic performances in Nigeria and globally, and this text discusses developments in his theatre practices in the context of changing cultural trends.
Author: Femi Osofisan
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Category : African drama (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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