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Community in Motion Theatre for Development in Africa

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L. Dale Byam

Foreword by Ng~ug~i wa Thiong'o

Book Code: H581

ISBN: 0-89789-581-9

ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-581-1

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240 pages, figures, maps, photos, appendx

Bergin & Garvey

Publication: 12/30/1999

List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series

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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