Theatre and Performance in East Africa

by Osita Okagbue, Samuel Kasule

Overview

Theatre and Performance in East Africa looks at indigenous performances to unearth the aesthetic principles, sensibilities and critical framework that underpin African performance and theatre.

The book develops new paradigms for thinking about African performance in general through the construction of a critical framework that addresses questions concerning performance particularities and coherences, challenging previous understandings. To this end, it establishes a common critical and theoretical framework for indigenous performance using case studies from East Africa that are also reflected elsewhere in the continent.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre and performance, especially those with an interest in the close relationship between theatre and performance with culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367740894
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/23/2021
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Osita Okagbue is a Professor of Theatre and Performance at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Samuel Kasule is Professor in Postcolonial Theatre and Performance, University of Derby.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

List of figures vii

1 Introduction 1

2 The abevugyi/abasizi of Ankole (Uganda) and Rwanda: praise recitation performance 16

3 Identity rituals of the Bamasaba and the Babukusu of Uganda and Kenya 46

4 Bwola and Larakaraka of the Acholi of Northern Uganda 80

5 Abadongo and inanga itinerant musicians of Rwanda and Uganda 105

6 Judicial performance: the Gacaca of Rwanda 140

7 Conclusion 164

Bibliography 173

Glossary 177

Index 180