1st Edition
African Theatre in Performance A Festschrift in Honour of Martin Banham
Edited By Dele Layiwola
Copyright 2000
156 Pages
by
Routledge
153 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this lively and varied tribute to Martin Banham, Layiwola has assembled critical commentaries and two plays which focus primarily on Nigerian theatre - both traditional and contemporary. Dele Layiwola , Dapo Adelugba and Sonny Oti trace the beginnings of the School of Drama in 1960, at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, where Martin Banham played a key and influential role in the growth... Read more
Introduction to the Series Acknowledgements List of Plates Introduction by Dele Layiwola 1. Professor Martin Banham: A Personal Tribute - Dapo Adelugba 2. Broken Mirrors: Art and Actuality in Zimbabwean Theatre - Robert McClean 3. When Criminals Turn Judges - Ola Rotimi 4. Epoch and Echo: Stage Lyrics of Martin Banham Days at Ibadan - Sonny Oti 5. Stage and Staging in Yoruba Ritual Drama - Oyin Ogunba 6. The Role of Community Theatre in Health Education in Nigeria - Oga Steve Abah 7. The Hand That Feeds the King - Wale Ogunyemi 8. Orality and the Text: Trends and Prognosis in Osofisan's Another Raft and Agbeyegbe's The King Must Dance Naked - Austin O. Asagba 9. Soyinka and Power: Language and Imagery in Madmen and Specialists - Frances Harding 10. Is Ritual Drama a Humanistic Methodology? Thoughts on the New Theatre - Dele Layiwola 11. For Martin Banham - Tony Lopez Notes on Contributors Index
Biography
Dr. Dele Layiwola is senior research fellow at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, where he is editor of African Notes and teaches African theatre and dance forms. Recently he was Visiting Commonwealth Fellow at the University of Ulster, Coleraine, and is co-editor (Nigeria) for Harwood Academic Publishers' Theatre in African Cultures videotape and text series.
