The aesthetics of creative communication in African performance situations

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Title:	The aesthetics of creative communication in African performance situations
Author:	Agovi, Kofi Ermeleh
Year:	1988
Periodical:	Research Review
Volume:	4
Issue:	1
Pages:	1-9
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Subsaharan Africa
Subjects:	oral literature folk drama
Abstract:	This paper is concerned with the concept of 'performance' in traditional African literary and dramatic contexts. It analyses performance as a complex communicative event or creative phenomenon in which the artist establishes a creative relationship between his imagination, his message and his audience through the harmonization of various media of expression. It examines whether in this relationship there is a distinctive individuality to the overall process in a way which emphasizes the existence of an original talent and vision of the artist. Reactions and critical evaluations of a target audience, as well as their intended aesthetic implications and relevance in the context of the performance situation in Africa, are discussed. Notes, ref.