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Community in Motion Theatre for Development in Africa
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This book is not currently available for purchase Online. Please call 1-800-225-5800 to backorder. Foreword by Ng~ug~i wa Thiong'o
Book Code: H581
ISBN: 0-89789-581-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-581-1
240 pages, figures, maps, photos, appendx
Bergin & Garvey
Publication: 12/30/1999
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [c]an be used as a supplement to other works on theater in Africa.
    —African Studies Review
    December 2000
  • Byam has written an intriguing book on (community) theater for development, indicative of the problems that typically confront informal education initiatives.
    —International Journal of African Historical Studies
    2001 vol.34 no.3
  • ...extremely informative.
    —International Theatre Institute
Description: Africa has internal cultural resources that have positively influenced its development. Community in Motion explores the relationship between theatre and Freirian pedagogy. It underscores the urgency of refocusing development strategies on human rather than technical resources by showing how culture has traditionally played an important role in African development, and demonstrates the similarities between traditional African cultural paradigms and Freirian pedagogy. The author describes selected significant Theatre for Development programs in diverse parts of Africa and determines the extent that these programs find congruence with the teachings of Paulo Freire. Case studies of Botswana, Zambia, Nigeria, and Kenya explore in detail the ongoing work in Zimbabwe, specifically the Zimbabwe Association of Community Theatre (ZACT). ZACT's work is analyzed in the context of Freirian pedagogy in order to highlight the development of a community-based theatre operation that is national in its scope and international in its influences.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by Henry A. Giroux
  • Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
  • Preface
  • Post-Colonialism, Development, and a New African Theatre
  • The Growth of Theatre for Development Case Studies of Botswana, Nigeria, Zambia, and Kenya
  • The Zimbabwe Association of Community Theatre
  • Conscientization through ZACT
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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