Make Man Talk True: Nigerian Drama in English Since 1970"...AN ESSENTIAL SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR ALL CONCERNED WITH NIGERIAN THEATER."--NEW THEATER TODAY. An overview of the form, function, & reception of "contemporary Nigerian playwrights", this work introduces the amazing variety & range of "post-Soyinka" theater. It examines the role & impact of drama on popular thought & its relationship to current political debate, drawing on interviews with the audience, performers, & the dramatists themselves. With an extensive bibliography of relevant critical writings. (NEW PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICAN LITERATURE, 5) |
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