"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 Thiong’o, and Femi Osofisan. A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.
| ISBN: | 9780393975291 |
| Publication date: | 19th June 2002 |
| Author: | Biodun Cornell University Jeyifo |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 672 pages |
| Series: | Norton Critical Editions |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts Literary studies: plays and playwrights Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |