03929nam 2200661Ia 450 991095598750332120200520144314.097808143367860814336787(CKB)2560000000101951(EBL)3416524(SSID)ssj0000870918(PQKBManifestationID)11501141(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000870918(PQKBWorkID)10821020(PQKB)10747354(MiAaPQ)EBC3416524(OCoLC)849944811(MdBmJHUP)muse17617(Au-PeEL)EBL3416524(CaPaEBR)ebr10715423(MiAaPQ)EBC31349285(Au-PeEL)EBL31349285(Perlego)4160579(EXLCZ)99256000000010195120030219d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhat mama said an epic drama /Osonye Tess Onwueme ; introduction by Maureen N. Eke1st ed.Detroit Wayne State University Pressc20031 online resource (202 p.)African American life seriesDescription based upon print version of record.9780814331415 0814331416 ""Cover""; ""Half_title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PRODUCTION HISTORY OF THE DRAMA""; ""THE CAST""; ""DRUMMERS/ACTIVISTS""; ""THE TECHNICAL CREW""; ""THE SETTING""; ""CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY""; ""PROLOGUE""; ""MOVEMENT ONE""; ""MOVEMENT TWO""; ""MOVEMENT THREE""; ""MOVEMENT FOUR""; ""MOVEMENT FIVE""; ""MOVEMENT SIX""; ""MOVEMENT SEVEN""; ""MOVEMENT EIGHT""; ""MOVEMENT NINE""; ""MOVEMENT TEN""; ""MOVEMENT ELEVEN""; ""MOVEMENT TWELVE""; ""Epilogue: A Nation in Custody""; ""Backcover""An explosive political drama projecting an African people's revolutionary struggle to confront government forces and foreign oil corporations that have ravaged their land and strangled the voices of their mothers and daughters. Renowned playwright Osonye Tess Onwueme's powerful new drama illuminates the effect of national and global oil politics on the lives of impoverished rural Nigerians. What Mama Said is set in the metaphorical state of Sufferland, whose people are starving and routinely exploited and terrorized by corrupt government officials and multinational oil companies-that is, until a voice erupts and moves the wounded women and youths to rise up and demand justice. Onwueme's powerful characters and vibrant, emotionally charged scenes bring to life a turbulent movement for change and challenge to tradition. Aggrieved youths and militant women-whose husbands and sons work in the refineries or have been slaughtered in the violent struggle-take center stage to "drum" their pain in this drama about revolution. Determined to finally confront the multinational forces that have long humiliated them, Sufferland villagers burn down pipelines and kidnap an oil company director. Tensions peak, and activist leaders are put on trial before a global jury that can no longer ignore the situation. What Mama Said is a moving portrayal of the battle for human rights, dignity, compensation, and the right of a nation's people to control the resources of their own land. African American Life SeriesPetroleum industry and tradeDramaGovernment, Resistance toDramaPolitical corruptionDramaAfricaDramaPetroleum industry and tradeGovernment, Resistance toPolitical corruption822/.914Onwueme Osonye Tess1804178MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955987503321What mama said4352078UNINA