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Johannes Fabian. Power and Performance: Ethnographic Explorations through Proverbial Wisdom and Theater in Shaba, Zaire. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1990. xvii+314 pp. Appendix, Bibliography, Index, Map, Tables. $49.50. Cloth. $19.95. Paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Oluremi Omodele*
Affiliation:
Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Osaka, Japan

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Review Essay and Book Reviews
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1992

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Notes

1. See for instance Clark, Ebun, Hubert Ogunde: The Making of Nigerian Theatre (Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1979)Google Scholar; and Bame, Kwabena, Come Laugh: A Study of African Traditional Theatre in Ghana (Accra, 1981).Google Scholar

2. I am aware of Fabian's remarks on page 259 regarding the need for political sensibility and fears of “real dangers” to the troupe members. This should have been elaborated upon