A new generation is determined to compete against streaming services and financial insecurity to carve out enclaves of creativity by Bahira Amin, Cairo Even before…
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by Katrin Gänsler Soldiers start shooting in the middle of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou. People scream. They take cover, waiting in fear to see…
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by Sanya Osha Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town The playwright, director and scholar was born in Sapele, Nigeria,…
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NIGERIA – Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka: what is it about and does it still matter?NIGERIA –
by Babatunde Onikoyi, University of Regina [Tunde Onikoyi, a lecturer in African literature and film, acted in the original play] The film streams on Netflix…
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ABONEH ASHAGRIE, Addis Ababa University Since the beginning of theatre arts in Ethiopia in 1921, children had been per- forming plays merely for the satisfaction…
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Aboneh AshagreAssociate professor-AAU The first theatrical performance in our country was staged in 1921 in Addis Ababa through the efforts of Tekle Hawariat Tekle Mariam…
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Samuel Ravengai Generation 1 The first generation of Zimbabwean theatre makers was born between the early part of the 20th century and 1939. Their support…