This volume in the African Theatre series celebrates the African theatrical diaspora from Brazil to Tasmania, and Canada to Cuba, and also includes the playscript Messing with the Mind by Egyptian writer and director Khaled El-Sawy. Diasporas', as used in the title of this volume, refers to a multitude of groups and communities with widely differing histories, identities and current locations. This book brings together essays on theatre by people of Africandescent in North America, Cuba, Italy, the UK, Israel and Tasmania. Several chapters present overviews of particular national contexts, others offer insights into play texts or specific performances. Offering a mix of academic andpractitioner's points of views, Volume 8 in the African Theatre series analyses and celebrates various aspects of African diasporic theatre worldwide. Guest Editors: CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin; and OSITA OKAGBUE, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London. Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies,University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds;Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick

About the Author
Femi Osofisan is an internationally lauded playwright, scholar, poet, novelist, actor, director, songwriter, and activist and Professor Emeritus of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan. Osofisan was awarded the Thalia Prize in 2016. He has published five novellas, six volumes of poetry, and more than 50 plays. OSITA OKAGBUE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London. CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin. Jane Plastow is Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.

Reviews
As a contribution to the field of diaspora studies or to the respective diasporas represented, this book is substantial and toothsome. * AFRICAN THEATRE *
The volume stands out for its rigorous attempt to bring together academic and practice based points of view as well as different formats that include Jane Plastow's interview with Lemn Sissay, as well as Mona Khedr's English translation of Khaled El-Sawy's satirical play Messing with the Mind. * AFRICAN PERFORMANCE REVIEW *



Book Information
ISBN 9781847015013
Author Martin Banham
Format Paperback
Page Count 190
Imprint James Currey
Publisher James Currey