- Hardcover: 504 pages
- Publisher: Indiana University Press (May 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0253338077
- ISBN-13: 978-0253338075
- Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.3 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 885 g
- See Complete Table of Contents
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"Karin Barber has given us a vivid picture of one of the most vital forms of modern African popular art. It is beautifully written and informed by a deep affection for the subject ... a major contribution to the cultural history of Nigeria." --J. D. Y. Peel " ... a fine-grained history (and ethnography) of a dramatic troupe providing an everyday, empirical sense of what is involved in the production of a popular cultural form... a magisterial contribution to African popular culture more widely." --Brian Larkin
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"Karin Barber has given us a vivid picture of one of the most vital forms of modern African popular art. It is beautifully written and informed by a deep affection for the subject . . . a major contribution to the cultural history of Nigeria." --J. D. Y. Peel
From the 1940s to the 1980s, Yoruba popular theater was one of the most spectacularly successful theaters in Africa. Today, these traveling companies have virtually disappeared, largely as a result of economic hardship and the rise of video entertainment.
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