Senegalese Stagecraft: Decolonizing Theater-Making in Francophone Africa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810143654)

Senegalese Stagecraft explores the theatrical stage in Senegal as a site of poetic expression, political activism, and community engagement. In their responses to the country's colonial heritage, as well as through their innovations on the craft of theater-making, Senegalese performers have created an array of decolonizing stage spaces that have shaped the country's theater history. Their work has also addressed a global audience, experimenting with international performance practices while proposing new visions of the role of culture and stagecraft in society.

Through a study of the innovative work of Senegalese theater-makers from the 1930s onward, Senegalese Stagecraft explores a wide range of historical contexts and themes, including French colonial education, cultural Pan-Africanism, West African Sufism, uses of television and mass media, and popular theater and activism. Using a multidisciplinary approach that includes field, archival, and literary methods, Valente-Quinn offers a fresh look at performance cultures of West Africa and the Global South in a book that will interest students and scholars in African, Francophone, and performance studies.


Author: Brian Valente-Quinn
ISBN-10: 0810143658
ISBN-13: 9780810143654
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2021
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.82h x 6.06w x 0.71d