Murmures

Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship

Contents

1 Editor's Introduction
2'I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City': Anti-apartheid Solidarity & its Consequences
3 Ownership & Power: Debate & Discourse around the Subcultural Phenomenon of Die Antwoord
4'Border-Neutering' Devices in Nigerian Home Video Tradition: A Study of Mainframe Films
5 Tanzanian Films: Between Innovation & Incompetence
6'Telling Our Story': Conversations with KinaUganda Home Movie Directors, Mariam Ndaigire & Ashraf Simwogerere
7 Zimbabwe's Studio 263: Navigating Between Entertainment & Health Messaging
8 Vele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama
9 Within Between: Engaging Communities in Contemporary Dance Practice in East Africa
10 Water Feels: Layering Time in a Contemporary Multi-Media Performance
11 Playscript: The Campus Queen
12 Book Reviews edited by James Gibbs