Community in Motion - Theatre for Development in Africa

Africa has internal cultural resources that have positively influenced its development. Community in Motion explores the relationship between theatre and Freirian pedagogy. It underscores the urgency of refocusing development strategies on human rather than technical resources by showing how culture has traditionally played an important role in African development, and demonstrates the similarities between traditional African cultural paradigms and Freirian pedagogy.

The author describes selected significant Theatre for Development programs in diverse parts of Africa and determines the extent that these programs find congruence with the teachings of Paulo Freire. Case studies of Botswana, Zambia, Nigeria, and Kenya explore in detail the ongoing work in Zimbabwe, specifically the Zimbabwe Association of Community Theatre (ZACT). ZACT's work is analyzed in the context of Freirian pedagogy in order to highlight the development of a community-based theatre operation that is national in its scope and international in its influences.

List of contents

Series Foreword by Henry A. Giroux
Foreword by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Preface
Post-Colonialism, Development, and a New African Theatre
The Growth of Theatre for Development Case Studies of Botswana, Nigeria, Zambia, and Kenya
The Zimbabwe Association of Community Theatre
Conscientization through ZACT
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

About the author

L. DALE BYAM teaches Dramatic Arts at New York University and is an Educational Consultant for a number of education theatre firms and an international development agency./e

Product details

• Authors: L. Dale Byam, Byam L. Dale
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.1999
• EAN: 9780897895811
• ISBN: 978-0-89789-581-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 482 g
• Series: Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, Africa, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Theatre Studies, Development Studies, Current Events and Issues: Education