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A History of East African Theatre, Volume 2

Part of the Transnational Theatre Histories Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87731-6

ISBN: 978-3-030-87730-9

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Nov 3, 2021

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Francophone Theatre: Burundi, Djibouti and Rwanda

Plastow, Jane

Pages: 1 –76

[This chapter is concerned with the particular influences and theatrical outputs resulting from the dominance of a francophone cultural and linguistic sensibility. It compares the Belgian colonial influence in then Ruanda-Urundi with that of the French in Djibouti, before going on to consider the...
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Colonial Theatre in British East Africa: Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika

Plastow, Jane

Pages: 77 –127

[Covering a period from the 1920s to the early 1960s this chapter explores how indigenous cultural, Christian missionary and western educational forces all affected the development of theatre in the colonial period. The significance of major colonial cultural policy shifts within this time period...
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The Post-Independence Theatres of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

Plastow, Jane

Pages: 129 –216

[So much theatre has been made in these nations post-independence that a comprehensive overview would be impracticable. This chapter therefore offers an historicised framework into which are interpolated a series of case studies of important movements, playwrights and theatrical ideas. The...
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Theatre for Development in East Africa

Plastow, Jane

Pages: 217 –300

[Under the umbrella heading of Theatre for Development, but encompassing a host of forms of social activist theatre, this chapter offers the first regional history of how and why such productions have come, from the 1980s, to dominate the theatre landscape in much of East Africa. The chapter...

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