Yorùbá Performance, Theatre and Politics Staging Resistance
Description
This book explains the connections between traditional performance (e.g. masked dances, prophecy, praise recitations), contemporary theatre (Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Tess Onwueme, Femi Osofisan, and Stella Oyedepo) , and the political sphere in the context of the Yorùbá people in Nigeria.
Keywords
Performing ArtsTheaterHistory & CriticismArtHistoryDanceClassical & Ballet
2015Book
Author(s)Glenn Odom
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781137492784
LanguageEnglish
