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" Nkyin-kyin : "
James Gibbs.
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BL
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959569
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b713939
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Gibbs, James, (James Morel)
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Nkyin-kyin : : essays on the Ghanaian theatre /\ James Gibbs.
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Amsterdam ;New York :: Rodopi,, 2009.
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Cross/cultures ;; 98
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1441603565
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: 9042025174
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: 9401206732
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: 9781441603562
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: 9789042025172
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: 9789401206730
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9042025174
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9789042025172
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; OUTSIDERS AND ACTIVISTS; INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS; PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS; PLAYERS AND PLAYMAKING; General Bibliography; Efua Theodora Sutherland.
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This collection brings together essays written over a thirty-five year period. They reflect James Gibbs's position vis-à-vis the Ghanaian theatre as sometimes a remote onlooker, sometimes an enthusiastic participant observer, deeply involved in issues of perception and influence in a society moving through colonialism to nationalism, independence and beyond. The main body of the book is divided into four sections. The first, "Outsiders and Activists," looks at theatre for community development during the late 1940s, some connections between drama and film, and the astonishing involvement in Gh.
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Dramatists, Ghanaian-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ghanaian drama-- History and criticism.
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Theater-- Ghana.
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Dramatists, Ghanaian.
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Ghanaian drama.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Theater-- History Criticism.
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Theater.
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Ghana.
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792.09667
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PN2990.1.G53 2009eb
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