Table of Contents

The struggle for space, Liz Gunner; Towards popular theatre in South Africa, Ian Steadman; Apartheid and the political imagination in Black South African theatre, Bhekizizwe Peterson; Trends in Zimbabwean theatre since 1980, Stephen Chifunyise; Backstage on the frontline - Iluba Elimnyama - a Bulawayo theatre collective, Evie Globerman; Basadi ba baeng / visiting women - female migrant performance from the Northern Transvaal, Deborah James; Song, story and nation - women as singers and actresses in Zimbabwe Moreblessings Chitauro, Caleb Dube, Liz Gunner; Traditions of poetry in Natal, Ari Sitass; Political autobiography in search of liberation - working class theatre, collaboration and the construction of identity, Paul Gready; reflections on a cultural day of artists and workers on 16 April 1989, Ali Khangela Hlongwane; Marotholi travelling theatre - towards an alternative perspective of development, Zakes Mda; theatre for development in Zimbabwe - an urban project R. Mshengu Kavanagh; mental colonisation or catharsis? theatre, democracy and cultural struggle from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe, Preben Kaarholm; patronage, the state and ideology in Zambian theatre, Stewart Crehan; Interview - Gcina Mhlophe, Tyrone August.

About the Author

LIZ GUNNER teaches African literature in the Department of African Languages and Cultures at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.