The Oriki of a Grasshopper and Other Plays
by Femi Osofisan
from Howard University Press
Yungba Yungba and the Dance Contest: A Parable for Our Times (Heinemann Frontline Series)
Major Plays 2.
by Femi Osofisan
from Opon Ifa Readers
Major Plays 2 brings together three plays written between 1983 and 1999: Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels (1983), Red is the Freedom Road (1991), and Aringindin and the Nightwatchmen. Aringindin was first published in 1992. The version in this collection includes a new ending, first produced in 1999 after the end of Abacha's rule.
African Theatre in Development:
by Martin, Banham
from Indiana University Press
Scholars and playwrights discuss theatre in Africa from propaganda and mass education to practice and policy in theatre and development.
African Theatre: Women
from Indiana University Press
This third volume in the annual African Theatre series focuses on women in theatre and performance in Africa. Topics include the role of female goddesses in Egyptian theatre, early urban women performers in Asmara, Eritrea, an interview with Ghanaian concert party actress Adeline Ama Buabeng, and women's theatre and performance in Algeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria.
The album of the midnight blackout
Who's afraid of Solarin?: A play in honour of Dr. Tai Solarin
Once Upon Four Robbers (Heinemann Frontline)
by Femi Osofisan
from Heinemann Ed. Books (Nigeria)
The distinguished Nigerian playwright directed the first performance of this play at the Arts Theatre at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan's incisive vision is put at the service of oppressed humanity. His over-riding theme is that the machinery of oppression in human society is created by man, but man is also capable of demolishing it. The production includes Yoruba songs and incantations, and a glossary provides an English translation - as a guide for other directors to substitute appropriate dirges.
Aringindin and the Nightwatchmen (Heinemann Frontline)
Another Raft (Malthouse Literary Series)
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