African Drama and Performance

Index

Index Aeschylus: Agamemnon, 56 Afolayan, Adeyemi, 190 Amin, Idi, 15, 16 Antigone, 78, 80–84 Apartheid, 219–21, 224–25 Balandier, Georges, 28 Balogun, Ola, 190 Battuta, Ibn, 25 Bauman, Richard, 236 Bekolo, Jean-Pierre, 191 Bemba, Sylvain: Black Wedding Candles for Blessed Antigone, 3, 78–87; Le dernier des Cargonautes, 79; L’enfer, c’est Orféo, 79 Boal, Augusto, 221 Brecht, Bertolt, 24, 114, 126, 136–40 Césaire, Aimé: La tragédie du roi Christophe, 243 Clark-Bekederemo, John Pepper: Song of a Goat, 55 Coetzee, J. M., 147 Coquilhat, Camille, 41–43 Creon, 82, 84–86 Dike, Fatima, 156 Drama Television: (South Africa:) The Bold and the Beautiful, 156; Nonceba’s Story, 164, 173; Ordinary People, 156; Sera¤na II, 159; So What’s New?, 156; Soul City, 5, 56–63, 166, 168–69, 173; Sophiatown, 165; (Nigeria :) Agbara Nla, 192; Arelu, 191; Checkmate , 191; Fortunes, 191; Ikuku, 194; Koto Orun, 191; Kootu Asipa, 193; Living in Bondage, 192; Makan, 193; Mama Mi, l’Eko, 191; Omo Orukan, 193; Ripples, 191; Things Fall Apart, 194; Yanponyanrin , 191 Video: Kodun, Kopo, Kope, 189, 193; Ti Oluwa Nile, 193 Euripides, 3, 55–77 Frobenius, Leo, 44 Gods Dionysus, 1–4, 55, 58, 61–70 Eshu, 94–97 Ogun, 2, 3, 30, 61, 62, 64, 67, 70–71, 94–98, 100, 102, 105 Pentheus, 60, 62, 63, 65–66, 71 Zeus, 58, 62, 63, 65, 70, 74 Gramsci, Antonio, 111–12 Herder, Johann Gottfried, 45 Hourantier, Marie-José: Macbet, 4, 79; Orphée d’Afrique, 79; Waiting for Godo-Godot, 79 Intercultural, 42–43 Jameson, Fredric, 114 Jarry, Alfred: Ubu roi, 223 Kariuki, J. M., 129 Kenyatta, Jomo, 129–30 Labou Tansi, Sony: Antoine m’a vendu son destin, 5, 145, 147; Conscience de tracteur, 145; Je soussigné cardiaque, 145; Moi veuve de l’empire, 79, 145, 152; La parenthèse de sang, 145; Qui a mangé Madame d’Avoine Bergotha?, 5, 145, 149; La résurrection rouge et noire de Roméo et Juliette, 79 Mau Mau, 127, 129, 130, 132, 133–36, 138, 142 Mbembe, Achille, 174 Mugabe, Robert, 13–15 Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary, 131; I’ll Marry When I Want, 126, 133, 135–37, 140–41; Mother, Sing For Me, 126, 138–39, 141; Ngaahika Ndeenda, 52, 126; The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (with Micere Mugo), 5, 126–27, 130–32, 141 Ogunde, Hubert, 52, 178, 190, 191, 196 Oladele, Francis, 190 Olaiya, Moses, 191 Oso¤san, Femi: Altine’s Wrath, 110; Aringindin and the Nightwatchmen, 5, 115; Birth- days Are Not for Dying, 109–12; Farewell to a Cannibal Rage, 112; Morountodun, 114; No More the Wasted Breed, 110; Once upon Four Robbers, 110; Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels, 110, 114; Midnight Hotel, 114 Performance (forms) alarinjo, 36, 48, 49 bena mambala, 7, 239 beni-ngoma, 37 concert-party, 242 dombolo, 198, 206 egúngún, 34–36, 177 gèlèdè, 177 haló, 7, 227–29, 232–37 kingizila, 146, 150, 151 kotéba, 239, 244–45 lemba, 146 lumbu, 146 nkoloba, 146 ntsomi, 26, 27 yala-yala, 146 Renaissance, 11, 12, 19, 20, 22 Sankara, Thomas, 80–82 Schechner, Richard, 28, 233–36 Scheub, Harold, 26–27 Soyinka, Wole: The Bacchae of Euripides, 60–75; A Dance of the Forests, 51, 57, 60; Death and the King’s Horseman, 66; King Baabu, 2–3, 12–13, 23; Kongi’s Harvest, 60; Madmen and Specialists, 60; Opera Wonyonsi, 60, 120; A Play of Giants, 60; The Road, 51; The Strong Breed, 66 Steiner, George, 78 Theatre companies Bin Kadi-So, 79 Oyin Adéjobí, 6, 179–80, 183, 185, 188 Rocado Zulu, 145 Theatricality, 24, 27, 29–30, 35, 39, 41, 43, 47, 238, 243, 246 Tragedy, 42, 43, 55, 95, 98, 102, 238 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 219–26 Turner, Victor, 28, 41, 225–27, 233–35 Wilson, August: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, 4, 94–102 274 Index ...