Yorùbá Performance, Theatre and Politics

Yorùbá Performance, Theatre and Politics
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Total Pages : 174
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ISBN-10 : 9781137492791
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Download or read book Yorùbá Performance, Theatre and Politics written by Glenn Odom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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