African Studies Review, April 1st, 2005
Martin Banham, ed. A History of Theatre in Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Bibliography. Index. $130.00. Cloth.
Martin Banham's preface to this compendium of African theater expresses the hope "that the reader will be reminded of the extraordinary complexity of African performance culture, of its richness, agelessness and beauty; that he or she will see much that offers coherence and continuity, even within diversity, on the vast stage of Africa" (xvii). The book keeps its promise. Each of the twenty-one essays contributes to a collage intended to raise and answer questio...
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