This volume in the African Theatre series celebrates the African
theatrical diaspora from Brazil to Tasmania, and Canada to Cuba, and
also includes the playscript Messing with the Mind by Egyptian writer
and director Khaled El-Sawy.
Diasporas', as used in the title of this volume, refers to a multitude
of groups and communities with widely differing histories, identities
and current locations. This book brings together essays on theatre by
people of Africandescent in North America, Cuba, Italy, the UK, Israel
and Tasmania. Several chapters present overviews of particular national
contexts, others offer insights into play texts or specific
performances. Offering a mix of academic andpractitioner's points of
views, Volume 8 in the African Theatre series analyses and celebrates
various aspects of African diasporic theatre worldwide.
Guest Editors: CHRISTINE MATZKE, Lecturer in African Literatures and
Cultures, Humboldt-University, Berlin; and OSITA OKAGBUE, Senior
Lecturer in the Department of Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London.
Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre
Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research
Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of
Drama at the University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African
Theatre, University of Leeds;Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor,
Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick
