Contemporary Francophone African Plays
eBook - ePub

Contemporary Francophone African Plays

An Anthology

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Contemporary Francophone African Plays

An Anthology

About this book

Bringing together in English translation eleven Francophone African plays dating from 1970 to 2021, this essential collection includes satirical portraits of colonizers and their collaborators (Bernard Dadié's Béatrice du Congo; Sony Labou Tansi's I, Undersigned, Cardiac Case; Sénouvo Agbota Zinsou's We're Just Playing) alongside contemporary works questioning diasporic identity and cultural connections (Koffi Kwahulé's SAMO: A Tribute to Basquiat and Penda Diouf's Tracks, Trails, and Traces
). The anthology memorializes the Rwandan genocide (Yolande Mukagasana's testimony from Rwanda 94), questions the status of women in entrenched patriarchy (Werewere Liking's SinguÚ Mura: Given That a Woman
), and follows the life of Elizabeth Nietzsche, who perverted her brother's thought to colonize Paraguay (José Pliya's The Sister of Zarathustra). Gustave Akakpo's The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood and Kossi Efoui's The Conference of the Dogs offer parables about what makes life livable, while Kangni Alem's The Landing shows the dangers of believing in a better life, through migration, outside of Africa.

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Yes, you can access Contemporary Francophone African Plays by Sylvie Chalaye, Judith G. Miller, Judith G. Miller,Amelia Parenteau,Ninon Vessier,Subha Xavier in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & African Drama. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction by Sylvie Chalaye and Judith G. Miller
  9. Béatrice of the Congo by Bernard Dadié
  10. I, the Undersigned, Cardiac Case by Sony Labou Tansi
  11. Itsembabwoko: “Yolande’s Monologue” by Yolande Mukagasana from Rwanda 94 by Groupov
  12. We’re Just Playing by SĂ©nouvo Agbota Zinsou
  13. Singuù Mura: Given That a Woman 
 by Werewere Liking
  14. The Sister of Zarathustra by José Pliya
  15. The Landing by Kangni Alem
  16. The Conference of the Dogs by Kossi Efoui
  17. The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood by Gustave Akakpo
  18. SAMO: A Tribute to Basquiat by Koffi Kwahulé
  19. Tracks, Trails, and Traces 
 by Penda Diouf
  20. Bibliography
  21. Notes on Contributors
  22. Permissions