Kwagh-Hir Theater - A Weapon for Social Action

This book describes how the Tiv people of Nigeria use their indigenous theater to fight against British colonialism and oppression by dominant groups in Nigeria. It celebrates the power of the theater to give voice to the voiceless and to become a catalyst for positive change.

List of contents

A Foreword and a Celebration
Preface
Introduction: The Theater as a Weapon
Chapter One: Tiv Worldview; the Context of the Kwagh-hir
Chapter Two: Searching for the Rubrics
Chapter Three: Organization and Form
Chapter Four: Kwagh-hir Aesthetics
Chapter Five: Kwagh-hir as Model Theater for Social Action
Appendix A: Tiv Kwagh-Hir Carvers and Their Works
Appendix B: Glossary of Tiv Words
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Iyorwuese Hagher

Summary

This book describes how the Tiv people of Nigeria use their indigenous theater to fight against British colonialism and oppression by dominant groups in Nigeria. It celebrates the power of the theater to give voice to the voiceless and to become a catalyst for positive change.

Product details

• Authors: Iyorwuese Hagher, Iyorwuese H. Hagher
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9780761862499
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6249-9
• No. of pages: 286
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Africa, ART / History / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / African, History of art / art & design styles, Theatre Studies, History of Art, Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre, PERFORMING ARTS / Puppets & Puppetry, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre