African Theatre 10: Media and Performance

Bys: Akinwumi Isola, Martin Banham, Christy Adair, et al.

Examines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa.

Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship.

Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre

Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847010385
• ISBN13: 9781847010384
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 5.5"