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An Expansive and Permeating Work Embracing Death and Humanity: A Paradox for Our Times: Gregory Maqoma – “Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero”
In darkness, a quiet sobbing, acutely intimate in the vastness of the Barbican main stage. Now...
Stages Of Womanhood: On Female Theatre In The Arab World
The University of Bordeaux Montaigne concluded its 2018 public cultural program with a...
Staging the Transition in North Africa: Theatre as a Tool of Empowerment
In the two years since the beginning of the ‘Arab Spring,’ North African theatre...
The “Time Traveler” Who Took Our Tobacco
The Akamba people of East Africa have a saying: “The visitor has the best tobacco.”...
“Genocide 25”: A Rwandan Generation Learning About 94
The year 1994 In 1994, Nelson Mandela had been free since 1990, but a candidate in the upcoming...
Ugandan Show Tackles Language and Culture
It is still not uncommon to hear various parts of the continent being referred to as ‘Anglophone Africa’, ‘Francophone Africa’, ‘Lusophone Africa’, and so on. In fact, there are more French and English speakers in Africa today than there are in France and England respectively!
Ethiopian Theater: A Brief Introduction
European Influences in Ethiopian Theater Prior to the introduction of European form of theatre in...
South Sudan Artists Protest Civil War With Street Performances And Other Art
Musicians played lively tunes in South Sudan’s capital, and pedestrians and market shoppers...
Soyinka Meets Shakespeare
One of the only three curated shows showcased at the 2019 edition of the Lagos Theatre Festival...
Avignon 2019: In Search Of Multiple Selves: “Multiple-S” By Salia Sanou And “Oskara” By Kukai Dantza
The focus of this review is inspired by the title and the theme of Salia Sanou’s multidisciplinary...
Dance As A Language, Exhaustion As A Therapy
… when no one is willing to listen, no one you could tell, no one you could talk it over with to...
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