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African Theatre & mo

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Types of theatre impulse Storytelling, ritual enactments, simple enactments, spirit cult performances, masquerades, ceremonial performance, comedies.
Oshogbo African performance in Nigeria in which the createor god, Obatala, is imprisoned.
Sundiata Performed in Mali. Epic myth of the self-named hero and evil sorcerer King Soumaoro. Myth of the founder of Mali
Tortoise maswuerade Nigeria
Priase Singers Southern Africa, the village dramatized adventures of their cheifs
Alarinjo Players 1st documented theatre troupe performed 16th and 17th century.
What shaped African Theatre? Colonization, slavery, civil rights movement, etc
Kobina Seyki Blinkards, 1915, -made fun of western-educated blacks
Bob Johnson Concert parties
Hubert Ogunde father of Nigerian theatre; Strike/Hunger; Bread/Bullets; bibical/political themes; criticized colonial exploitation
Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate in literature. Lion and the Jewel, The Road, Death and the King's Horseman
Ntozake Shange Black girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuff
More African Playwrites Langston Hughes, August Wilson, Amiri Baraka, Lorraine Hansberry
Frederick Aldridge Prominent black American Actor in the 1820's.
What is the function of African Art? Meditating between living and spirit word, expressing community ideals, defines power and leardership, protecting, healing, celebrating cycles of life
Nok Art 500BC-200AD. North Central Nigeria, Terracotta sculpture
Igbu-Okwu Art Eastern Nigeria 500 AD. Bronze, terraotta, beads, and ivory. Bronze pendants, bowls, and shells.
Ife Art Western Nigeria. Terracotta, bronze, stone. 1000-1500 AD
Benin Art 1400-1600 AD, estern nigeria. Busts and plaques. Bronze and ivory. Busts are made of thin castings. Depct beaded collars around necks.
Delicately rendered facial features. Careful treatment of hair.
Salt-cellar used by the Portuguese was made out of ivory
Dogon art elegant wood carving with smooth surface
Other African Art forms fabric dyeing, weaving, embroidery.
Who was influenced by African Art? Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso.
Created by: kennacoconut
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