Contents

pp v-viii

Notes on Contributors

pp ix-xii

Introduction

pp xiii-xx

I ARTICLES

pp 1-2

‘Man in the Mirror’ The Issue of Appropriation in the Exchange between African & African American Popular Cultures

pp 190-192

NAFEST Danceturgy in Search of Integration & Identity A Study of Selected Nasarawa State Dance Entries

pp 22-41

Carnivalization of Indigenous Performance Forms & the Demystification of Ritual Essence in Costume & Mask Designs of Masquerade Art

pp 42-62

An Initial Investigation into Contemporary Theatre Audiences in Malawi

pp 63-82

Exploring Educational Theatre & Peer Learning to Combat Stigma & Myths about Albinism in School Settings in Malawi

pp 83-99

Performing the Nation Incorporating Cultural Performances into Theatre in Ethiopia

pp 100-120

Orality & the Folktale Reflections on Anansesɛm & its Metaphysical Content

pp 121-138

Playscript The Inspector & the Hero

pp 139-168

Book Reviews

Yvette Hutchison & Amy Jephta (eds), Contemporary Plays by African Women

pp 169-199

Tiziana Morosetti (ed.), Africa on the Contemporary London Stage

pp 176-180

Austin C. Okigbo, Music, Culture, & the Politics of Health: Ethnography of a South African AIDS Choir

pp 180-186

Emmanuel N. Ngwang & Kenneth Usongo, Art & Political Thought in Bole Butake

pp 186-189

Samuel Kasule, Walukagga the Black Smith

pp 190-192

Judith G. Miller (ed.) & Chantal Bilodeau (trans.), Seven Plays of Koffi Kwahulé: In & Out of Africa

pp 192-197

Frida M. Mbunda-Nekang, Thorns & Roses: A Play

pp 197-199