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Into Africa and Wole Soyinka: Crash Course Theater #49

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It's difficult to talk about African theater thanks to colonialism. Pre-colonial Africa was home to many spoken languages, and not nearly as many written languages. The chain of oral tradition was broken by colonial policies, and so many... It's difficult to talk about African theater thanks to colonialism. Pre-colonial Africa was home to many spoken languages, and not nearly as many written languages. The chain of oral tradition was broken by colonial policies, and so many pre-colonial traditions are lost. Today, we're going to talk about some of the dance and theater traditions of Africa, and look at post-colonial theater across the continent.
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11:57
Grade
12th - Higher Ed
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All Subjects
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Crash Course Theater
Date
2019
Language
English
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For Parent Use
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africa, civil war, ghana, nigeria, plays, south africa, storytelling, time
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african theater, black playwrights, community, crash, dance, emerge, episode, girl, history, ioloja, king, market, performance, play, practices, ritual, soyinka, tales, theater, today, western, white
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