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| − | ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]'' is a collection of plays compiled and edited by [[Kathy A. Perkins]] (1954-)[]. | + | ''[[African Women Playwrights: An Anthology]]'' is a collection of plays compiled and edited by [[Kathy A. Perkins]] (1954-)[http://www.kathyaperkins.com/]. |
| + | This anthology consists of nine plays by a diverse group of women from throughout the African continent. The plays focus on a wide range of issues, such as cultural differences, AIDS, female circumcision, women's rights to higher education, racial and skin color identity, prostitution as a form of survival for young girls, and nonconformist women resisting old traditions. The publication also includes commentaries by the playwrights on their own plays, and editor [[Kathy A. Perkins]] provides additional commentary and a bibliography of published and unpublished plays by African women. | ||
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| + | Published by University of Illinois Press, 2009. | ||
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| + | '''The volume contains:''' | ||
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| + | The playwrights featured are [[Ama Ata Aidoo]], [[Violet R. Barungi]], [[Tsitsi Dangarembga]], [[Nathalie Etoke]], [[Dania Gurira]], [[Andiah Kisia]], [[Sindiwe Magona]], [[Malika Ndlovu]] ([[Lueen Conning]]), [[Juliana Okoh]] and [[Nikkole Salter]]. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
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| + | African Women Playwrights]], Google [https://books.google.co.za/books/about/African_Women_Playwrights.html?id=dn_zTfKbr0wC&redir_esc=y] | ||
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| + | http://www.kathyaperkins.com/ | ||
| − | + | Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]] | |
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| + | == Return to == | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS I: Original SA plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS II: Foreign plays]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS III: Collections]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[South_African_Festivals|South African Festivals and Competitions]] | ||
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| + | Return to [[The ESAT Entries]] | ||
| − | + | Return to [[Main Page]] | |
Latest revision as of 16:26, 4 November 2020
African Women Playwrights: An Anthology is a collection of plays compiled and edited by Kathy A. Perkins (1954-)[1].
This anthology consists of nine plays by a diverse group of women from throughout the African continent. The plays focus on a wide range of issues, such as cultural differences, AIDS, female circumcision, women's rights to higher education, racial and skin color identity, prostitution as a form of survival for young girls, and nonconformist women resisting old traditions. The publication also includes commentaries by the playwrights on their own plays, and editor Kathy A. Perkins provides additional commentary and a bibliography of published and unpublished plays by African women.
Published by University of Illinois Press, 2009.
The volume contains:
The playwrights featured are Ama Ata Aidoo, Violet R. Barungi, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nathalie Etoke, Dania Gurira, Andiah Kisia, Sindiwe Magona, Malika Ndlovu (Lueen Conning), Juliana Okoh and Nikkole Salter.
Sources
African Women Playwrights]], Google [2]
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
