Contemporary Francophone African Plays: An Anthology (Scènes francophones: Studies in French and Francophone Theater)

By: Edited by Judith G. Miller

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Synopsis: Bringing together in English translation eleven Francophone African plays dating from 1970 to 2021, this essential collection includes satirical portraits of colonizers and their collaborators (Bernard Dadié’s Béatrice du Congo; Sony Labou Tansi’s I, Undersigned, Cardiac Case; Sénouvo Agbota Zinsou’s We’re Just Playing) alongside contemporary works questioning diasporic identity and cultural connections (Koffi Kwahulé’s SAMO: A Tribute to Basquiat and Penda Diouf’s Tracks, Trails, and Traces…). The anthology memorializes the Rwandan genocide (Yolande Mukagasana’s testimony from Rwanda 94), questions the status of women in entrenched patriarchy (Werewere Liking’s Singuè Mura: Given That a Woman…), and follows the life of Elizabeth Nietzsche, who perverted her brother’s thought to colonize Paraguay (José Pliya’s The Sister of Zarathustra). Gustave Akakpo’s The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood and Kossi Efoui’s The Conference of the Dogs offer parables about what makes life livable, while Kangni Alem’s The Landing shows the dangers of believing in a better life, through migration, outside of Africa.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 312 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781684485116
Related ISBNs:: 9781684485147, 9781684485123
Publisher:: Bucknell University Press
Date of Addition:: 05/17/24
Copyrighted By:: Bucknell University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Judith G. Miller
Translator:: Judith G. Miller
Translator:: Subha Xavier
Translator:: Ninon Vessier
Translator:: Amelia Parenteau
With:: Sylvie Chalaye