1. Introduction
Zindaba Chisiza
Part I: Foundational Praxis: Decentring Frameworks
2. Is There Any Need to Search for Marx in Boal? A Critical Reflection on Ideological Convergence and the Roots of Theatre of the Oppressed.
Sanjoy Ganguly
3. The Contradictions that Emerge in Practice: Experiences of Arts-based Research in the Process of Decentring Male Mental Health Frameworks in Kenya and Uganda.
Matthew Elliot
4. Positioning Indigenous Storytelling of the Bakiga of Southwestern Uganda in Applied Theatre.
Lilian Mbambazi, Patrick Mangeni and Pamela Khanakwa
5. Interview - Theatre for Development or the Theatre of the Voiceless - Zindaba Chisiza in Conversation with Prosper Kompaoré
6. Art-as-Activism for Feminist Movement Building in Namibia.
Nashilongweshipwe Sakaria
Part 2: Case Studies and Reflective Engagements
7. People’s Theatre School: A Space for Anti-Fascist Struggle Through Art.
Daniel Nadai and Geo Britto
8. An Arts-Based Approach to Comprehensive Sexuality Education with School-Going Adolescents in Malawi.
Zindaba Chisiza and Lusizi Kambalame
9. Ka o Bona wa Mpona: A Conversation about MEQOQO Playback Theatre Collective Aesthetics and Student Mental Health.
Selloane Mokuku and Merran Roy
10. From the Margins: Amplifying Young People’s Voices in Research through Theatre for Development in Southern Malawi.
Zindaba Chisiza
11. A Moment in Mzuzu: Challenging Top-Down Notions of Impact Through Applied Performance Practice.
Alistair Campbell
12. From Spectator to Spect-Activist: Dialogic Praxis and the Intellectual Journey in Theatre of the Oppressed.
Sanjoy Ganguly
Biography
Zindaba Chisiza is an Associate Professor in the Department of Drama and Theatre Studies at the University of Malawi. He is a Theatre for Development practitioner and director, he is the founder of Brother2Brother, a creative gender-transformative programme for young people in Malawi. His recent publications include the monograph of Arts for Development, Masculinities, and Gender in Malawi (2026), and the edited collection Theatre and Media for Social Change in Malawi (Routledge).
