Martin Banham & James Gibbs 
African Theatre 10: Media and Performance 

Examines the impact of new media (such as video and You Tube) 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

Table of Content

Editor’s Introduction – David Kerr

‘I Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City’: Anti-apartheid Solidarity & its Consequences – Torsten Sannar

Ownership & Power: Debate & Discourse around the Subcultural Phenomenon of
Die Antwoord – Sarah Woodward

‘Border-Neutering’ Devices in Nigerian Home Video Tradition: A Study of Mainframe Films – Gbemisola Adeoti

Tanzanian Films: Between Innovation & Incompetence – Vicensia Shule

‘Telling Our Story’: Conversations with Kina Uganda Home Movie Directors, Mariam Ndaigire & Ashraf Simwogerere – Sam Kasule

Zimbabwe’s Studio 263: Navigating Between Entertainment & Health Messaging – Samuel Ravengai

Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama – Nehemiah Chivandikwa

Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama – Ngonidzashe Muwonwa

Within Between: Engaging Communities in Contemporary Dance Practice in East Africa – Christy Adair

Water Feels: Layering Time in a Contemporary Multi-Media Performance – Moratiwa Molema

Playscript:
The Campus Queen – Akinwumi Isola

Book Reviews

About the author

Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays.