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Syncretic arenas : essays on postcolonial African drama and theatre for Esiaba Irobi /

This collection in part examines the legacy of the consummate Nigerian stage artist and scholar, Esiaba Irobi (1960-2010). Poems, tributes, and studies celebrate Irobi's significance as actor, play wright, director, poet, and theatre theorist. Irobi's life, temper, times, and career are in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Irobi, Esiaba, 1960-2010
Otros Autores: Diala, Isidore
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2014.
Colección:Cross/cultures ; 177.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This collection in part examines the legacy of the consummate Nigerian stage artist and scholar, Esiaba Irobi (1960-2010). Poems, tributes, and studies celebrate Irobi's significance as actor, play wright, director, poet, and theatre theorist. Irobi's life, temper, times, and career are inextricably linked to the history, development, concerns, and uses of drama and theatre in Africa. The contributions high light the evolution of autochthonous theatrical practices: the interaction between Western and Indigenous African performance traditions; colonial/postcolonial government policies and t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789401211802
9401211809