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“These Are Not My Shoes” is Powerful Social Commentary
These Are Not My Shoes is a story about absent fathers and what happens to young men when they...
Act of Will: Kenya Theatre Award Defy Covid-19 Gloom
The big winner at the awards (Kenya’s version of the Tony's) was Back to Basics theatre group. Founded by veteran thespian Mbeki Mwalimu, Back to Basics raked up a total of 6 awards.
The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...
Theatre for One: A New Kind of Theatre Experience
Theatre is coming back slowly but surely. Though a difficult medium to translate online, it has...
Hope Azeda And Her Art That Heals
“Theatre in Rwanda? Are you crazy? There’s no theatre in Rwanda,” said Hope Azeda’s...
The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...
Ethiopian Theater: A Brief Introduction
European Influences in Ethiopian Theater Prior to the introduction of European form of theatre in...
“Daddies of Sugar” Pokes Fun at Shenanigans of Modern-Day Ruling Elites
Daddies of Sugar with its catchy and somewhat risqué title is Jefferson Tshabalala better known in...
Ola Rotimi: The Enduring Influence of a Nigerian Theatre Giant
Twenty years after his death, the Nigerian dramatist Ola Rotimi is attracting renewed interest....
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...
Ghana’s Politics Has Strong Ties with Performing Arts: This is How it Started
Towards the end of the Kwame Nkrumah era in 1966, a number of highlife artists wrote songs...
World Premiere: Ousmane Aledji’s “Traumatism”
On October 27, 28 & 29, 2010 at 8pm AfricAvenir presented the world premiere of the theatre...
The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...
The Women Making Waves in Theatre in Africa Part 2
In most parts of Traditional Africa, theatre was a prerogative of the woman. Women were the...
Stephen Joel Chifunyise and his Legacy to Zimbabwean Theatre and Performance
Stephen Chifunyise’s death At about 1830hrs on Monday, 5 August 2019, Stephen Joel Chifunyise...
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“These Are Not My Shoes” is Powerful Social Commentary
These Are Not My Shoes is a story about absent fathers and what happens to young men when they...
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Is COVID-19 A Blessing In Disguise For Theatre?
On the center stage, where many an actor has strutted his stuff, sits a ghost light. Lonesome....
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Sequel to 1990s Play “The Kohl Pillow” Explores the Lives of Nubian Women
Sabaya Makhadet El-Kohl (The Young Girls of the Kohl Pillow), a play that explores the lives and...
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“Daddies of Sugar” Pokes Fun at Shenanigans of Modern-Day Ruling Elites
Daddies of Sugar with its catchy and somewhat risqué title is Jefferson Tshabalala better known in...
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“Hoot” – Featuring the Inimitable and Versatile Matthew Ribnick is a Rib-Cracking Comedic Masterpiece!
Matthew Ribnick is not your average actor and his performance in the highly acclaimed Hoot is...
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Mbuso Khoza on why the “Battle of Isandlwana” Remains a Pivotal Moment in African History
Any interview with Mbuso Khoza is both a wide-ranging history lesson and a remarkable exploration...
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Broadway: Does “The Great White Way” Live Up to Its Name?
Ntozake Shange, author of the famous Broadway play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide /...
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Top-Searched Musicals in Africa
Methodology The most-searched-for musicals in Kenya, online, are High School Musical, The Lion...
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The “Time Traveler” Who Took Our Tobacco
The Akamba people of East Africa have a saying: “The visitor has the best tobacco.”...
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Zimbabwe Produces a Visual And Performing Arts Syllabus for Junior School: Grades 3 to Grade 7
In 2015, I met with the late Stephen Chifunyise at the New Partnership for Africa’s Development...
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Kankurang Festival 2019: The Gambia
In 2005, Kankurang was inscribed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The...
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Lupita Nyong’o’s Father Set To Honor Her With A Theatre And Art Center In Kenya
Anyang Nyong’o is one proud dad who has big plans for his successful daughter: the Oscar...
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“Seven Plays of Koffi Kwahulé: In and Out of Africa” Is Made Available To Anglophone Audiences
The work of renowned Ivoirian playwright Koffi Kwahulé has been translated into some 15 languages...
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Queer Chronopolitics: Forests, Freaks and Performativity
The term ‘freak’ thus refers not only to bodies, but also to denormalizing social...
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African Theatre: Why It’s Important to Transpose Western Dramatic Classics
The Western dramatic canon has been a source of irritation to some Afrocentrists, who see it as...
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China’s “Cherry Orchard”
“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress,” said Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), “when...
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