Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-199) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by Ngg wa Thiong'o; Acknowledgments; Introduction: from colonial modernity to postcolonial desires: oppositional theatre in Nigeria and England; Nigeria; Wole Soyinka: theatre, mythology, and political activism; Femi Osofisan: theatre, nation, and the revolutionary ideal; Tess Onwueme: theatre, gender, and power; The Yoruba Traveling Theatres: popular theatre and desires for postcolonial subjectivity; Theatre, democracy, and community development: Ahmadu Bello University and the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance; England.
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This book explores the themes of colonial encounters and postcolonial contests over identity, power and culture through the prism of theatre.