Yorùbá Performance, Theatre and Politics: Staging Resistance

Odom, Glenn

This book explains the connections between traditional performance (e.g. masked dances, prophecy, praise recitations), contemporary theatre (Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, and Stella Oyedepo) , and the political sphere in the context of the Yorùbá people in Nigeria.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-08-04

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137492784

DOI: 10.1057/9781137492791

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 162