Dance of the vampires & six other plays [[electronic resource] /] / Bole Butake

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463055103321
• Autore: Butake Bole
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2013
• ISBN: 9956-790-43-5; 9956-790-42-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 p.)
• Disciplina: 812.59
• Soggetti: African drama (English); Vampires; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Dance of the vampires -- pt. II. Family saga -- pt. III. Lake god -- pt. IV. Betrothal without libation -- pt. V. And palm-wine will flow -- pt. VI. The rape of michelle -- pt. VII. Shoes.
• Sommario/riassunto: This crowning collection brings together seven of Bole Butakeís finest plays since 1984, namely: Dance of the Vampires; Family Saga; Lake God; Betrothal Without Libation; And Palm Wine Will Flow; The Rape of Michelle; and Shoes. More than an academic, Butake has distinguished himself as a playwright, unearthing and foregrounding the ills, travails and predicaments of a land and people trapped by the blood-dripping impunities of vampires in power. In his rich repertoire of over ten plays, Butake takes sides with the downtrodden, the wretched of the earth, the deprived and the underdogs. His jab