Modern African Drama: A Norton Critical Edition [Paperback]

Backgrounds and Criticism presents documents on modern African drama generally and on the assembled texts and authors specifically, including little-known materials.? Featured are essays on Tawfik al-Hakim, Kateb Yacine, Athol Fugard, Wole Soyinka, Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ngugi Wa Thiongo, and Femi Osofisan.The first truly continentally representative collection of modern African drama in any language, this Norton Critical Edition includes plays from Egypt, Algeria, the Republic of South Africa, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, and Kenya.