African Theatre and Politics The evolution of theatre in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe A comparative study

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Acknowledgements. Illustrations. Introduction. 1 THE COLONIAL THEATRE. The performance forms Dance-drama Drama Orature Pre-colonial literature Feudalism and communalism. 2 CONFORMITY, CHRISTIANITY AND SUPPRESSION: THE EARLY COLONIAL THEATRE. ETHIOPIA. Amhara imperialism The first plays The Italian occupation and after. TANGANYIKA. Formation and colonization The development of indigenous theatre forms Colonial cultural forms Drama. SOUTHERN RHODESIA. Colonization: from 1890 to 1965 The repression of indigenous culture Promoting a new theatre White theatre White Rhodesian plays. 3 THEATRE IN LIBERATION STRUGGLES. TANGANYIKA. Political struggle The role of culture. ETHIOPIA. The rise of political awareness The reformist theatre The new drama The Creative Arts Centre Actors and theatres. SOUTHERN RHODESIA. The armed struggle 1965-1980 The theatres of separate development Escapism and exclusivity: the white theatre Kind Whites and good Blacks: official African performance Black drama groups and festivals Liberation arts. A TIME OF HOPE: THE THEATRE OF INDEPENDENCE. TANZANIA. Nyerere, Nationalism and Ujamaa Early post-independence theatre The impetus of Arusha The intellectual drama Government sponsored theatre. ETHIOPIA. The end of an empire The early revolutionary theatre The PMAC and the theatre Changing relations with government Plays in the professional theatres. ZIMBABWE: The question of nation building Towards a new culture The ZIMFEP initiative University drama Amakhosi Theatre Productions and the Bulawayo Association of Drama Groups Published drama. 5 DISILLUSION AND DEBATE: THE CONTEMPORARY THEATRES. TANZANIA. The apotheosis of the one-party state? Complacency and conformity: state arts The University and intellectual drama Popular performance art and cultural troupes. ETHIOPIA. A government in crisis A new beginning? The Theatre Arts Department The Amateur Arts Programme State control and the professional theatres Plays of the Eighties Theatre under the transitional government. ZIMBABWE. A problem of credibility State attitudes to the performing arts Funding the theatres The independent arts The contemporary plays. Annex A: Informants. Bibliography. Index.

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