Bhekizizwe Peterson 
Monarchs, Missionaries and African Intellectuals [EPUB ebook] 
African Theatre and the Unmaking of Colonial Marginality

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Much of the work in the field of African studies still relies on rigid distinctions of ‘tradition’ and ‘modernity’, ‘collaboration’ and ‘resistance’, ‘indigenous’ and ‘foreign’. This book moves well beyond these frameworks to probe the complex entanglements of different intellectual traditions in the South African context, by examining two case studies. The case studies constitute the core around which is woven this intriguing story of the development of black theatre in South Africa in the early years of the century. It also highlights the dialogue between African and African-American intellectuals, and the intellectual formation of the early African elite in relation to colonial authority and how each affected the other in complicated ways.
The first case study centres on Mariannhill Mission in Kwa Zulu-Natal. Here the evangelical and pedagogical drama pioneered by the Rev Bernard Huss, is considered alongside the work of one of the mission’s most eminent alumni, the poet and scholar, B.W. Vilakazi. The second moves to Johannesburg and gives a detailed insight into the working of the Bantu Dramatic Society and the drama of H.I.E. Dhlomo in relation to the British Drama League and other white liberal cultural activities.

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Bhekizizwe (Bheki) Peterson, was a South African intellectual, script writer and film producer and Professor of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He published extensively on African literature, performance and cultural studies as well as Black intellectual traditions in South Africa.

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Língua Inglês ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9781776145508 ● Tamanho do arquivo 1.1 MB ● Editora Wits University Press ● País US ● Publicado 2021 ● Carregável 24 meses ● Moeda EUR ● ID 7900859 ● Proteção contra cópia Adobe DRM
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