African Theatre 9: Histories 1850-1950 (EPDF) von Martin Banham

What kinds of documentation of performances exist - both of colonial and indigenous theatre and how may this range of documentation have affected how we read theatre history?

Introduction - Yvette Hutchison
Looking for 'Eritrea's past property' (1947): archives & memories in Eritrean theatre historiography - Christine Matzke
Seeking the Founding Father: the story of Kobina Sekyi'sThe Blinkards (1916) - James Gibbs
Medieval morality & liturgical drama in colonial Rhodesia: early Christian martyrs dramatized - Owen Seda
Contesting constructions of cultural production in & through urban theatre in Rhodesia, c.1890-1950 - Samuel Ravengai
'Don't talk into my talk': oral narratives, cultural identity & popular performance in colonial Uganda - Sam Kasule
The leaf & the soap: a story of appropriation & resistance - Cristina Boscolo
The representation of Khoisan characters in early Dutch-Afrikaans dramas in South Africa - Marisa Keuris
Images of Africa in early twentieth-century British theatre - Steve Nicholson
The First African Play: Tekle Hawariat'sFabula: Yawreoch Commedia & its influence on the development of Ethiopian theatre - Jane Plastow
Playscript: Tekle Hawariat'sFabula: Yawreoch Commedia (The Comedy of Animals) translated from the Amharic by Belayneh Abuneh
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