{"product_id":"9780413723307","title":"Contemporary African Plays: Death and the King's;Anowa;Chattering \u0026 the Song;Rise \u0026 Shine of Comrade;Woza Albert!;Other War","description":"\u003ci\u003eContemporary African Plays\u003c\/i\u003e, edited with Introductions by Martin Banham and Jane Plastow of Leeds University, is a collection of some of the most exciting plays from the past twenty-five years of African theatre, spanning the continent's rich and disparate regional and cultural traditions. Included in this collection are three of the most significant plays of this century plus three brilliant plays which will be new to Western audiences:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath and the King's Horseman - \u003c\/i\u003eA masterpiece from the Nobel-prize-winning Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoza Albert! -\u003c\/i\u003e A skilful and devastating political satire from South Africa by the writers\/performers Percy Mtwa and Mbongeni Ngema and Market Theatre director, the late Barney Simon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnowa -\u003c\/i\u003e A powerful tale from Ghana which tells of a woman's plight and oppression by Ama Ata Aidoo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chattering and the Song - \u003c\/i\u003eAn ingenious radical drama from the popular Nigerian playwright Femi Osofisan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco - \u003c\/i\u003eA witty political allegory about post-colonial Zimbabwe, by Andrew Whaley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Other War - \u003c\/i\u003eAn extraordinary insight into Africa's longest liberation war, by the Eritrean playwright Alemseged TesfaiThe only current anthology to survey the rich variety of contemporary African drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe plays included in this volume are: Death and the King's Horseman by Wole Soyinka; Anowa by Ama Ata Aidoo; The Chattering and the Song by Femi Osofisan; The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco by Andrew Whaley; Woza Albert! by Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema and Barney Simon; and The Other War by Alemseged Tesfai.\u003cbr\u003eContemporary African Drama brings together some of the best writers writing from an African viewpoint today.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42765680083005,"sku":"9780413723307","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780413723307_p0.jpg?v=1771591262","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780413723307","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}