Staging the Amistad : Three Sierra Leonean Plays / edited and introduced by Matthew J. Christensen.

Contributor(s):

Christensen, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1970- [editor,, writer of introduction.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Modern African writingPublisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xxxviiii, 169 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0821446681
9780821446683

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Drama.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Staging the Amistad.DDC classification:

822/.9140809664 23

LOC classification:

PR9393.7 .S73 2019

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Introduction : staging the Amistad / Matthew J. Christensen -- Sengbe Pieh : a ballad / Charlie Haffner -- Amistad kata-kata / Charlie Haffner -- The Amistad revolt : (adapted from the novel Echo of lions, by Barbara Chase-Riboud) / Yulisa Amadu Maddy -- The broken handcuff / Raymond E.D. de'Souza George.

Summary: "Staging the Amistad collects in print for the first time plays about the Amistad slave revolt by three of Sierra Leone's most influential playwrights of the latter decades of the twentieth century: Charlie Haffner, Yulisa Amadu "Pat" Maddy, and Raymond de'Souza-George. Until the late 1980s, when the first of these plays was performed, the 1839 shipboard slave rebellion and the return of its victors to their homes in what is modern-day Sierra Leone had been an unrecognized chapter in the country's history. The plays recast the tale of heroism, survival, and resistance to tyranny as a distinctly Sierra Leonean story, emphasizing the agency of its African protagonists. For this reason, Haffner, Maddy, and de'Souza-George counterbalance the better-known American representations of the rebellion, which center on American characters and American political and cultural concerns. The first public performances of these plays constituted a watershed moment. Written and staged immediately before and after the start of Sierra Leone's decade-long conflict, they brought the Amistad rebellion to public consciousness. Furthermore, their turn to a uniquely Sierra Leonean history of heroic resistance to tyranny highlights the persistent faith in nation-state nationalism and the dreams of decolonization"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165, 167-168).

"Staging the Amistad collects in print for the first time plays about the Amistad slave revolt by three of Sierra Leone's most influential playwrights of the latter decades of the twentieth century: Charlie Haffner, Yulisa Amadu "Pat" Maddy, and Raymond de'Souza-George. Until the late 1980s, when the first of these plays was performed, the 1839 shipboard slave rebellion and the return of its victors to their homes in what is modern-day Sierra Leone had been an unrecognized chapter in the country's history. The plays recast the tale of heroism, survival, and resistance to tyranny as a distinctly Sierra Leonean story, emphasizing the agency of its African protagonists. For this reason, Haffner, Maddy, and de'Souza-George counterbalance the better-known American representations of the rebellion, which center on American characters and American political and cultural concerns. The first public performances of these plays constituted a watershed moment. Written and staged immediately before and after the start of Sierra Leone's decade-long conflict, they brought the Amistad rebellion to public consciousness. Furthermore, their turn to a uniquely Sierra Leonean history of heroic resistance to tyranny highlights the persistent faith in nation-state nationalism and the dreams of decolonization"-- Provided by publisher.

Print version record.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650