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Afolabi, Taiwo – Research in Drama Education, 2023
The current heightened sensitivity around history, colonisation and the aftermath of the socio-political and cultural ethos of the world can create in many people the fear of cultural appropriation and misrepresentation. This fear can affect the ability to imagine and play in certain learning settings, especially in devising performances, socially…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, Theater Arts, Drama
Pribyl, Jill – Research in Dance Education, 2022
It has been almost twenty years since Namasagali College, a co-educational secondary school in Eastern Uganda, staged its last performance, yet the memory of these musical theater productions are recalled with the nostalgia of a lost renaissance. These transdisciplinary productions that utilized modern dance, acting and mimed songs transformed the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Secondary School Students, Theater Arts
Selina Busby; Max Dean; Peter Mwashi Litonde; Paul Sutton – Research in Drama Education, 2024
This article responds to Olof Franck's vision of a less didactic and more creative approach to Education for Sustainable Development. We consider how a multidisciplinary applied theatre project, bringing together Earth Sciences, Ancient Rock Art, storytelling, digital technology, and drama education knowledges and techniques can foster a more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama Education, Archaeology, Sustainable Development
Vaughn W. M. Watson Ed.; Michelle G. Knight-Manuel Ed.; Patriann Smith Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2024
This book illuminates emerging perspectives and possibilities of the vibrant schooling and civic lives of Black African youth and communities in the United States, Canada, and globally. Chapters present key research on how to develop and enact teaching methodologies and research approaches that support Black African immigrant and refugee students.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Blacks, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Hakib, Abdul Karim – Research in Drama Education, 2020
This paper proposes a re-examination of the histographies of theatre for development (TfD) which takes into account the background influences, cultures and agendas of complex networks of actors, organizations, governments, and higher education institutions in which the practice and praxis of TfD revolve. The article introduces and reflects on my…
Descriptors: Historiography, Theater Arts, Teaching Methods, Power Structure
Thurman, Chris – Research in Drama Education, 2020
This article considers the opportunities presented by -- and the obstacles preventing -- the adoption of online resources in teaching Shakespeare in South Africa. Taking into account Shakespeare's controversial place in South African education, it addresses the widely differing contexts in which Shakespeare might be encountered in the country's…
Descriptors: Drama, Theater Arts, Classical Literature, Teaching Methods
Silverman, Marissa – Research Studies in Music Education, 2018
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to investigate the Montclair State University's West African drum and dance ensemble. Analyses of the data revealed three themes related to individual participants and the "lived reality" of the group as a whole, and to the social-cultural teaching--learning processes involved: spirituality,…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Dance, Singing, Ethnography
Samuelson, Beth Lewis; Park, G Yeon; Munyaneza, Simon Pierre – TESOL Journal, 2018
When teachers and learners of English face challenging circumstances such as limited access to books and teaching supplies, local practices such as oral storytelling traditions can provide creative resources for supporting language and literacy development. We describe how a cultural imaginary of stories told by Rwandan and U.S. students supported…
Descriptors: Oral Tradition, Story Telling, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Nicholson-Sanz, Michelle – Research in Drama Education, 2014
A group of black children in the city of Salvador da Bahia, intrigued by their teacher's explanation that black Brazilians are descendants of Africans, embark on a quest to search for Africa. This is the central plot of "Áfricas"--Bando de Teatro Olodum's theatre production for young people that premiered in 2007 (Teatro Vila Velha,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Areas, Blacks, African Culture
Kagan, Eve – Teaching Artist Journal, 2011
No matter how disturbing, it is common to hear "that's so gay" or "you're such a fag" echoing through the halls of a high school, but when the high school is an international school in Uganda, those words have a newfound potency. As an American teacher working abroad, the author often struggled over her responsibility for the…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Homosexuality, Social Bias, Cultural Context
Carter, Mary C.; Beaty, Ben – Arts & Activities, 2011
Julie Taymor's costumes and masks for the stage version of "The Lion King" were stunning in the way they combined the dual images of human and animal forms. Taymor visually incorporated the human form of a dancer into the simplified form of the animal character so both are equally visible. This visible duality of human form and animal…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Studio Art, Clothing, Theater Arts
Hutchinson, P. William – 1977
Six months of observation--at two universities, at a drama festival, and with several independent theatre companies--form the basis for this evaluation of theatre in Kenya, Africa. While Kenyan dramas deal with a variety of themes, the majority are topical rather than universal in their treatment of issues. In many, the emphasis is on the…
Descriptors: Acting, African Culture, African Literature, Drama
Wilkerson, Margaret B. – Theatre News, 1978
Explores African tendencies that recur in Black theatre productions. Theatre News American Theatre Association, Inc. 1029 Vermont Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Subscription Rates: one year, $5.00; two years, $9.00; three years, $13.00. (MH)
Descriptors: African Culture, African History, Black Culture, Black History

Dorsey, Francis E. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1983
Describes the genesis, philosophy, and activities of the African Community Theatre Arts Program (ACTAP) at Kent State University. ACTAP, which has an extensive community outreach program, attempts to promote and develop Black consciousness and cultural awareness throughout northeastern Ohio. (GC)
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Community, Black Culture, Higher Education
Kamlongera, Christopher – 1989
This document describes the development of theater in Africa, over the last 20 years, from a medium of entertainment for the colonial elite to an African theatre, after independence. It describes various approaches to the use of theater as a medium of education and development. Nine chapters in the book concern: (l) background to African drama;…
Descriptors: African Culture, Colonialism, Developing Nations, Development
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