{"product_id":"contemporary-plays-by-african-women-pb-w9","title":"Methuen: CONTEMPORARY PLAYS BY AFRICAN WOMEN W9 [2019] paperback","description":"This volume uniquely draws together seven contemporary plays by a selection of the finest African women writers and practitioners from across the continent, offering a rich and diverse portrait of identity, politics, culture, gender issues and society in contemporary Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiqabi Ninja by Sara Shaarawi (Egypt) is set in Cairo during the chaotic time of the Egyptian uprising. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot That Woman by Tosin Jobi-Tume (Nigeria) addresses issues of violence against women in Nigeria and its attendant conspiracy of silence. The play advocates zero-tolerance for violence against women and urges women to bury shame and speak out rather than suffer in silence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI Want To Fly by Thembelihle Moyo (Zimbabwe) tells the story of an African girl who wants to be a pilot. It looks at how patriarchal society shapes the thinking of men regarding lobola (bride price), how women endure abusive men and the role society at large plays in these issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilent Voices by Adong Judith (Uganda) is a one-act play based on interviews with people involved in the LRA and the effects of the civil war in Uganda. It critiques this, and by implication, other truth commissions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnsettled by JC Niala (Kenya) deals with gender violence, land issues and relations of both black and white Kenyans living in, and returning to, the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMbuzeni by Koleka Putuma (South Africa) is a story of four female orphans, aged eight to twelve, their sisterhood and their fixation with death and burials. It explores the unseen force that governs and dictates the laws that the villagers live by.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBonganyi by Sophia Kwachuh Mempuh (Cameroon) depicts the effects of colonialism as told through the story of a slave girl: a singer and dancer, who wants to win a competition to free her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach play also includes a biography of the playwright, the writer's own artistic statement, a production history of the play and a critical contextualisation of the theatrical landscape from which each woman is writing.","brand":"Methuen \u0026 Jephta, Amy \u0026 Mempuh, Sophia Kwachuh \u0026 Niala, Jc \u0026 Judith, Adong","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44403325108514,"sku":"9781350034518","price":31.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/methuen-jephta-amy-mempuh-sophia-kwachuh-niala-jc-judith-adong-methuen-contemporary-plays-by-african-women-w9-2019-paperback-9781350034518-59839472894291.jpg?v=1730446505","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/contemporary-plays-by-african-women-pb-w9","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}