Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Notes on Contributors vii
4. Obituaries ix
5. Introduction xi
6. Looking for ‘Eritrea’s Past Property’ 1
7. Seeking the Founding Father The Story of Kobina Sekyi’s The Blinkards (1916) 23
8. Medieval Morality & Liturgical Drama in Colonial Rhodesia Early Christian martyrs dramatized 38
9. Contesting Constructions of Cultural Production in & through Urban Theatre in Rhodesia, c. 1890–1950 53
10. ‘Don’t Talk into my Talk’ 72
11. The Leaf & the Soap (‘Bí ewé bá pé. l’ara o. s.e. , á di o. s.e. ’ ) 90
12. The Representation of Khoisan Characters in Early Dutch-Afrikaans Dramas in South Africa 107
13. Images of Africa in Early Twentieth-Century British Theatre 122
14. The First African Play 138
15. Translator’s Note 151
16. Fabula: Yawreoch Commedia ‘The Comedy of Animals’ (2nd edition) 153
17. Book Reviews
18. Jane Taylor (ed.), Handspring Puppet Company 168
19. Osita Okagbue, African Theatres & Performances 171
20. Ademola O. Dasylva, Dapo Adelugba on Theatre Practice in Nigeria; Bode Sowande, Just for The Fun of It: An Anecdotal History of Odu Themes Theatre; James Gibbs, Nkyin-Kyin: Essays on the Ghanaian Theatre 173
21. Kathy A. Perkins (ed.), African Women Playwrights 174
22. Mieke Kolk (ed.), Performing Gender in Arabic/African Theatre 176
23. Index 179