Ngwang, Emmanuel.

Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (141 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: Contextualizing Butake -- Chapter Two: Interview with Professor Bole Butake, Dramatist and University Professor who Refused to Be "Lapiroed" -- Chapter Three: The Political Dimensions of Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Four: Re-Configuration of Colonialism in Postcolonial Cameroon in Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Five: Colonial Legacy and the Culture of Corruption in Lake God and The Rape of Michelle -- Chapter Six: Female Empowerment and Political Change -- Chapter Seven: Symbol and Meaning in Lake God and Other Plays -- Chapter Eight: From Spoken to Texture -- Chapter Nine: Character and the Supernatural in Lake God -- Chapter Ten: Conclusion and Butake's Legacy -- Select Annotated Bibliography on Bole Butake -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake interrogates Butake's major plays through a pluralist critical approach in terms of their political underpinnings and cultural significance. This book places his drama within the socio-political matrix of Cameroon and demonstrates the topicality of the issues of governance, marginalization, and corruption in Cameroon and Africa that Butake consistently foregrounds in his creative works.

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Cameroonian drama - History and criticism.


Electronic books.

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