Nigerian Female Dramatists

Author : Bosede Funke Afolayan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000361799
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Female Dramatists written by Bosede Funke Afolayan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-17 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases the important, but often understudied, work of Nigerian women playwrights. As in many spheres of life in Nigeria, in literature and other creative arts the voices of men dominate, and the work of women has often been sidelined. However, Nigerian women playwrights have made important contributions to the development of drama in Nigeria, not just by presenting female identities and inequalities but by vigorously intervening in wider social and political issues. This book draws on perspectives from culture, language, politics, theory, orality and literature, to shine a light on the engaged creativity of women playwrights. From the trail blazing but more traditional contributions of Zulu Sofola, through to contemporary postcolonial work by Tess Osonye Onwueme, Julie Okoh, and Sefi Atta, to name just a few, the book shows the rich variety of work being produced by female Nigerian dramatists. This, the first major collection devoted to Nigerian women playwrights, will be an important resource for scholars of African theatre and performance, literature and women’s studies.

Author : Bosede Ademilua-Afolayan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781003143833
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Female Dramatists written by Bosede Ademilua-Afolayan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book showcases the important, but often understudied, work of Nigerian women playwrights. As in many spheres of life in Nigeria, in literature and other creative arts the voices of men dominate, and the work of women has often been sidelined. However, Nigerian women playwrights have made important contributions to the development of drama in Nigeria, not just by presenting female identities and inequalities but by vigorously intervening in wider social and political issues. This book draws on perspectives from culture, language, politics, theory, orality and literature, to shine a light on the engaged creativity of women playwrights. From the trail blazing but more traditional contributions of Zulu Sofola, through to contemporary postcolonial work by Tess Osonye Onwueme, Julie Okoh, and Sefi Atta, to name just a few, the book shows the rich variety of work being produced by female Nigerian dramatists. This, the first major collection devoted to Nigerian women playwrights, will be an important resource for scholars of African theatre and performance, literature and women's studies"--

Author : Kathy A. Perkins
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252075730
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Women Playwrights written by Kathy A. Perkins and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, a distinctive collection of plays by African women published in English

Author : Henrietta C. Otokunefor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Female Writers written by Henrietta C. Otokunefor and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen contributors from Nigerian universities write on twenty Nigerian women writers. The aim of the editors was to bring into focus the literary contribution of Nigerian women writers up to the present. The writers are grouped into four broad categories: novelists, dramatists, poets, and the children's literature writers. They include the well-known writers, such as Flora Nwapa, Buchi Emecheta and Adaora Ulasi; but also relatively unknown female writers who have contributed to the development of Nigerian literature. The book includes a short biography on each writer; a list of her publications; words about her and a critical analysis of her works.

Author : Mabel I. E. Evwierhoma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Female Empowerment and Dramatic Creativity in Nigeria written by Mabel I. E. Evwierhoma and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book] is a research effort by the author, originally as "Ideology, power and powerlessness in female creativity", using Tess Onwueme's plays as a case study. An original and very insightful study, it throws light on female creativity within the sociological matrix of contemporary Africa. The analysis is done with the ideological framework of feminism and womanism with the aim of arousing female consciousness to be more alive to the societal biases that deny them their dignity and womanhood. [This work] is part of a corpus of the on-going battle by female writers and critics to narrow the gap of male dominance in dramatic creativity and appreciation in Africa."--P. [4] of cover.

Author : Kathy Perkins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134673574
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black South African Women written by Kathy Perkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first anthology to focus exclusively on the lives of Black South African women. This collection represents the work of both female and male writers, including national and international award-winning playwrights. The collection includes six full-length and four one-act plays, as well as interviews with the writers, who candidly discuss the theatrical and political situation in the new South Africa. Written before and after apartheid, the plays present varying approaches and theatrical styles from solo performances to collective creations. The plays dramatise issues as diverse as: * women's rights * displacement from home * violence against women * the struggle to keep families together * racial identity * education in the old and new South Africa * and health care.

Author : Flora Nwapa
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 1478613270
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Efuru written by Flora Nwapa and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appearing in 1966, Efuru was the first internationally published book, in English, by a Nigerian woman. Flora Nwapa (1931–1993) sets her story in a small village in colonial West Africa as she describes the youth, marriage, motherhood, and eventual personal epiphany of a young woman in rural Nigeria. The respected and beautiful protagonist, an independent-minded Ibo woman named Efuru, wishes to be a mother. Her eventual tragedy is that she is not able to marry or raise children successfully. Alone and childless, Efuru realizes she surely must have a higher calling and goes to the lake goddess of her tribe, Uhamiri, to discover the path she must follow. The work, a rich exploration of Nigerian village life and values, offers a realistic picture of gender issues in a patriarchal society as well as the struggles of a nation exploited by colonialism.

Author : Mabel Tobrise
Publisher : Sam Bookman Publishers for Humanities
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nigerian Feminist Theatre written by Mabel Tobrise and published by Sam Bookman Publishers for Humanities. This book was released on 1998 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin Banham
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253215390
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book African Theatre written by Martin Banham and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to this volume in the African Theatre series make clear that the role of women in the theatre across the continent has changed as control is mainly held by literate elites and women's traditional standing has been lost to men.

Author : Irene Isoken Salami-Agunloye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592214563
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sweet Revenge written by Irene Isoken Salami-Agunloye and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: