Contemporary Plays by African Women - Niqabi Ninja; Not That Woman; I Want to Fly; Silent Voices; Unsettled; Mbuzeni; Bonganyi Mempuh Sophia KwachuhPaperback / softback
This volume draws together seven contemporary plays by female African writers, offering a rare insight into the work being produced by these practitioners. These plays, which are selected from writers…
Specifikacia Contemporary Plays by African Women - Niqabi Ninja; Not That Woman; I Want to Fly; Silent Voices; Unsettled; Mbuzeni; Bonganyi Mempuh Sophia KwachuhPaperback / softback
This volume draws together seven contemporary plays by female African writers, offering a rare insight into the work being produced by these practitioners. These plays, which are selected from writers across the continent, give a rich portrait of identity, politics, culture and society in contemporary Africa from some of today's finest writers.The playwrights and plays included are:Sara Shaarawi - Niqabi Ninja (Cairo) is set in Cairo during the chaotic time of the Egyptian uprising.Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh - Bonganyi (Cameroon) depicts the effects of slavery through the story of a slave girl, who is a singer and dancer, and wants to win a competition and so free her family from slavery.JC Niala - Unsettled (Kenya) deals with gender violence, land issues and relationships between Kenyans living in and out of the