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Title: | The role of women on the Ethiopian stage |
Author: | Ashagrie, Aboneh |
Year: | 2012 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Cultural Studies (ISSN 1369-6815) |
Volume: | 24 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 1-8 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
Subjects: | theatre women artists |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13696815.2012.673055 |
Abstract: | Drama has been an important cultural form in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, for 90 years. There have been many important playwrights who have been influential in the sociopolitical as well as cultural development of the nation, and the State has consistently supported a range of theatrical activities, as well as censoring on occasion theatre it found too challenging. However, academic writing on Ethiopian theatre is still limited. This article explores a particular aspect of Ethiopian theatre tradition, namely the representation of women on the Ethiopian stage, and the issues surrounding the empowerment of women in Ethiopian theatre. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and Amharic. [Journal abstract] |