Theatre and Performance in East Africa

<P><EM>Theatre and Performance in East Africa</EM> looks at indigenous performances to unearth the aesthetic principles, sensibilities and critical framework that underpin African performance and theatre. </P><P>The book develops new paradigms for thinking about African performance in general through the construction of a critical framework that addresses questions concerning performance particularities and coherences, challenging previous understandings. To this end, it establishes a common critical and theoretical framework for indigenous performance using case studies from East Africa that are also reflected elsewhere in the continent.</P><P>This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of theatre and performance, especially those with an interest in the close relationship between theatre and performance with culture.</P>