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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964477203321

Titolo

Education of the deprived : Anglophone Cameroon literary drama / / Shadrach A. Ambanasom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon [Cameroon], : Langaa Research and Publishing CIG, 2010

ISBN

9789956578245

995657824X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 128 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

AmbanasomS. A

Soggetti

African drama (English) - History and criticism

Dramatists, African - Cameroon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Content -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. The Socio-Political Background to Anglophone Cameroon Literary Drama -- Chapter Two. Victor Epie Ngome - Irreconcilable Differences -- Chapter Three. Bole Butake - Empowerment of Women and the Masses -- Chapter Four. Bate Besong - The Conscientisation of the Public -- Chapter Five. N. John Nkengasong - Waiting for a Saviour -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Notes on the Playwrights -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Education of the Deprived is a perceptive socio-artistic examination of the key works of some major writers of Anglophone Cameroon literary drama today.For over two decades now socio-political developments in Cameroon, including the liberalization of the press, have led to an unprecedented proliferation of political, journalistic and imaginative.