Robert Serumaga and the Golden Age of Uganda’s Theatre (1968-1978)
Activism and Innovation
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2023
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New edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-2892-5 (ISBN)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-2892-5 (ISBN)
This book provides a meticulous examination of the work of playwright Robert Serumaga and the Golden Age of Uganda’s theatre (1968-1978). It considers the question of individualism—or its extreme form, solipsism—on the one hand, and activism or a social conscience on the other. Theatrical innovation is another key concern.It deconstructs the ruling histories, historiography and performance analysis of the time as irremediably tainted by a ferocious post-independence nation-statism. This is a study of a theatre of commitment, dissidence, resistance, resilience, struggle, signification and survival; a theatre born under the unrelenting glare of severe, scorching censorship, and incarceration. For the very first time, Serumaga’s work is examined in its entirety and afforded the room, complexity and scope it requires and deserves. For the very first time, too, scholars of the Golden Age of Uganda’s theatre will have to make no more than a single stop in their search for what were hitherto scattered tidbits and sources of Uganda’s theatre history.
George Bwanika Seremba holds an MPhil and a PhD in theatre studies from Trinity College Dublin. He served as Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve, USA, and held the IWP Fellowship at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. His essay “Myth, Mythopoeia and Robert Serumaga’s Majangwa” was published in the African Theatre Association’s African Performance Review (APR) (2017), and he contributed a chapter to the Routledge Handbook on African Theatre and Performance.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 03.10.2023 |
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| Verlagsort | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 212 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5275-2892-8 / 1527528928 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5275-2892-5 / 9781527528925 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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