{"id":1565,"date":"2014-04-17T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1565"},"modified":"2014-11-18T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T12:12:13","slug":"african-theatre-in-development","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/product\/african-theatre-in-development\/","title":{"rendered":"African Theatre in Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A truly worthwhile resource in a growing field of research\u2014the theater and drama of Africa\u2014this volume collects ten essays about theater practice, publications, and productions; in-depth reviews of 17 books; and a new play.&#8221; \u2014Choice<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230; a &#8216;must-have&#8217; for anybody interested in issues relating to theatre and development in Africa&#8230;. a pioneering effort&#8230; &#8221; \u2014H-Net Reviews<\/p>\n<p>Art as a tool, weapon, or shield? This compelling issue and others are explored in this diverse collection of intriguing perspectives on African theatre in development. Also here: strategies in staging, propaganda, and mass education, and a discussion of the playwright Alemseged Tesfai&#8217;s career in service to Eritrean liberation.<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fthecpr.org.uk%2Fproduct%2Fafrican-theatre-in-development%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editors Martin Banham, James Gibbs and Femi Osofisan<br \/>\nPublished by Indiana University Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"product_cat":[30],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thecpr.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}