Iyorwuese Hagher

The Kwagh-hir Theater (eBook, PDF)

A Weapon for Social Action

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Kwagh-hir Theater: A Weapon for Social Action represents a significant milestone in the documentation and theorization of non-Western theater. The book describes how the Tiv people of Nigeria used their indigenous theater to fight against British colonialism and oppression by dominant groups in Nigeria. It celebrates the power of the theater to give voice to the voiceless and to become a catalyst for positive change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761885993
• Artikelnr.: 74849496

Autorenporträt

Iyorwuese Hagher retired as Professor of Theater and Drama and Chair, department of Theater and Film at the University of Jos Nigeria. Hagher is World famous for his seminal study of the Kwagh-hir Theater. He was Senator, Minister and Ambassador of Nigeria to Mexico and Canada. He lives in Dayton Ohio, where he is President African leadership Institute and works [volunteers] at the Victoria Theater/Schuster Centre. He is author of many books including: The Kwagh-hir Theater, Nigeria after the Nightmare, Diverse but not Broken, and A Day in Mexico City and other poems.

Inhaltsangabe

A Foreword and a Celebration
Preface
Introduction: The Theater as a Weapon
Chapter One: Tiv Worldview; the Context of the Kwagh-hir
Chapter Two: Searching for the Rubrics
Chapter Three: Organization and Form
Chapter Four: Kwagh-hir Aesthetics
Chapter Five: Kwagh-hir as Model Theater for Social Action
Appendix A: Tiv Kwagh-Hir Carvers and Their Works
Appendix B: Glossary of Tiv Words
Bibliography
Index