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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 the enormously popular 1970s comedies of …
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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 what will happen next. Will the …
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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, in 1938 and passed away in 2000. He …
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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 from 10 September What is Death and …
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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 of adult audience for more than …
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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 Wayeh. Here is how it started. …
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