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Title: | Old and new drama from East Africa: a review of the works of four comtemporary dramatists: Rebecca Njau, Ebrahim Hussein, Peninah Muhando and Ngugi |
Author: | Mbughuni, L.A. |
Year: | 1976 |
Periodical: | African Literature Today |
Issue: | 8 |
Pages: | 85-98 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Kenya Tanzania |
Subjects: | national culture drama |
Abstract: | There is definite effort on the part of many East African artistis to help in the revolution for a national culture. The works of the four dramatists discussed in this paper seem to express this general feeling. Rebecca Njau (Kenya) is preoccupied whit injustice and the emancipation of women from burdensome traditional legacies; Ebrahim Hussein and Peninah Muhando (both from Tanzania) express the need for intertribal unity as a basis for a greater national unity which will combat colonialism and oppresion, and help maintain a hard-own independence; while Ngugi (Kenya) dwells on the evils of tribalism, the effects of cultural alienation, and the frustrated hopes of Uhuru, or independence. The four dramatists seem committed to the use of drama as an artistic medium of expression, and committed to the furtherance of this cultural revolution. Notes. |