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Title: CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN PLAYS
Volume: Death and the King's; Anowa; Chattering and the Song; Rise and Shine of
By: Martin Banham (Editor), Jane Plastow (Editor), Wole Soyinda
Format: Paperback

List price: £23.99


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ISBN 10: 0413723305
ISBN 13: 9780413723307
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 1 January, 1999
Series: Play Anthologies
Pages: 402
Description: The 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 Femo Osofisan; "The Rise and SHine of Comrade Fiasco" by Andrew Whalley; "Woza Albert!" by Percy Mtwa, et al; and "The Other War" by Alemseged Tesfai.
Synopsis: The only current anthology to survey the rich variety of contemporary African drama The 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.Contemporary African Drama brings together some of the best writers writing from an African viewpoint today.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Returns: Returnable
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