African Performance Arts and Political Acts
African Performance Arts and Political Acts
Andre, Naomi; Hungbo, Jendele; Covington-Ward, Yolanda
The University of Michigan Press
10/2021
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Introduction: "Performance and Politics in Africa: Approaches and Perspectives"
The Play of Social and Political Roles in Everyday Life
1. "Performing Political Identities: Senegalese Speakers and Their Audiences" (Senegal)
Judy T. Irvine, University of Michigan
2. "The Socio-poetics of Sanakuyaagal: Negotiating Joking Relationships in West Africa" (Senegal)
Nikolas Sweet, University of Michigan
3. "Participation beyond Gratitude: 'Sterling Greetings' and the Mediation of Social Ties on Nigerian Radio" (Nigeria)
Jendele Hungbo, Bowen University (Iwo, Nigeria)
Expressions of Identity, Consciousness, and Migration
4. "The Phenomenology of Collapsing Worlds: isiShameni Dance and the Politics of Proximity in Jeppestown, Johannesburg" (South Africa)
Thomas M. Pooley, University of South Africa
5. "African Heritage Revealed through Musical Encounters and Political Ideologies in Cameron White's Ouanga! and Reuben Tholakele Caluza and Herbert Isaac Ernst Dhlomo's Moshoeshoe" (South Africa)
Innocentia Jabulisile Mhlambi, University of the Witwatersrand
6. "Angalia Ni Mimi: A Performance by Marthe Djilo Kamga" (Cameroon)
Frieda Ekotto, University of Michigan
Gendered Messages of Social Change
7. "Surviving Gender Violence: Activating Community Stories for Social Change" (South Africa)
Anita Gonzales, University of Michigan
8. "Gangsters, Masculinity and Ethics: Underground Rapping in Dar es Salaam" (Tanzania)
David Kerr, University of Birmingham and University of Johannesburg
Songs of Protest and Activist Opera
9. "Seditious Songs: Spirituality as Performance and Political Action in Colonial-era Belgian Congo" (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Yolanda Covington-Ward, University of Pittsburgh
10. "Activist Operatic Spaces Depicting Reality: Puccini's La BohEme becomes Breathe Umphefumlo" (South Africa)
Naomi AndrE, University of Michigan
11. "Intrinsic Power of Songs Sung During Protests at South African Institutions of Higher Learning" (South Africa)
Nompumelelo Zondi, University of Pretoria
Contributors
Introduction: "Performance and Politics in Africa: Approaches and Perspectives"
The Play of Social and Political Roles in Everyday Life
1. "Performing Political Identities: Senegalese Speakers and Their Audiences" (Senegal)
Judy T. Irvine, University of Michigan
2. "The Socio-poetics of Sanakuyaagal: Negotiating Joking Relationships in West Africa" (Senegal)
Nikolas Sweet, University of Michigan
3. "Participation beyond Gratitude: 'Sterling Greetings' and the Mediation of Social Ties on Nigerian Radio" (Nigeria)
Jendele Hungbo, Bowen University (Iwo, Nigeria)
Expressions of Identity, Consciousness, and Migration
4. "The Phenomenology of Collapsing Worlds: isiShameni Dance and the Politics of Proximity in Jeppestown, Johannesburg" (South Africa)
Thomas M. Pooley, University of South Africa
5. "African Heritage Revealed through Musical Encounters and Political Ideologies in Cameron White's Ouanga! and Reuben Tholakele Caluza and Herbert Isaac Ernst Dhlomo's Moshoeshoe" (South Africa)
Innocentia Jabulisile Mhlambi, University of the Witwatersrand
6. "Angalia Ni Mimi: A Performance by Marthe Djilo Kamga" (Cameroon)
Frieda Ekotto, University of Michigan
Gendered Messages of Social Change
7. "Surviving Gender Violence: Activating Community Stories for Social Change" (South Africa)
Anita Gonzales, University of Michigan
8. "Gangsters, Masculinity and Ethics: Underground Rapping in Dar es Salaam" (Tanzania)
David Kerr, University of Birmingham and University of Johannesburg
Songs of Protest and Activist Opera
9. "Seditious Songs: Spirituality as Performance and Political Action in Colonial-era Belgian Congo" (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Yolanda Covington-Ward, University of Pittsburgh
10. "Activist Operatic Spaces Depicting Reality: Puccini's La BohEme becomes Breathe Umphefumlo" (South Africa)
Naomi AndrE, University of Michigan
11. "Intrinsic Power of Songs Sung During Protests at South African Institutions of Higher Learning" (South Africa)
Nompumelelo Zondi, University of Pretoria
Contributors