Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. I Articles
6. ‘Man in the Mirror’ The Issue of Appropriation in the Exchange between African & African American Popular Cultures 3
7. NAFEST Danceturgy in Search of Integration & Identity A Study of Selected Nasarawa State Dance Entries 22
8. Carnivalization of Indigenous Performance Forms & the Demystification of Ritual Essence in Costume & Mask Designs of Masquerade Art 42
9. An Initial Investigation into Contemporary Theatre Audiences in Malawi 63
10. Exploring Educational Theatre & Peer Learning to Combat Stigma & Myths about Albinism in School Settings in Malawi 83
11. Performing the Nation: Incorporating Cultural Performances into Theatre in Ethiopia 100
12. Orality & the Folktale: Reflections on Anansesɛm & its Metaphysical Content 121
13. Playscript: The Inspector & the Hero 139
14. Book Reviews
15. Yvette Hutchison & Amy Jephta (eds), Contemporary Plays by African Women 169
16. Tiziana Morosetti (ed.), Africa on the Contemporary London Stage 176
17. Austin C. Okigbo, Music, Culture, and the Politics of Health: Ethnography of a South African AIDS Choir 180
18. Emmanuel N. Ngwang and Kenneth Usongo, Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake 186
19. Samuel Kasule, Walukagga the Black Smith 190
20. Judith G. Miller (ed.), Chantal Bilodeau (trans.), Seven Plays of Koffi Kwahulé: In and Out of Africa 192
21. Frida M. Mbunda-Nekang, Thorns and Roses: A Play 197