Contents
SECTION I: ADAPTATIONS
Publisher’s Acknowledgements (vii)
Acknowledgements (viii)
Foreword (x)
Introduction (xiii)
Introduction (xiii)
1 Painting a Cross-Cultural Canvas: Osofisan’s Journey between Athens and Yorubaland
— Olakunbi Olasope 1
2 The African Antigone on the Stages of the New World
— Biodun Jeyifo 29
3 Re-Imagining Fagunwa’s Forest of a Thousand Daemons for the Modern Audience
— Tunde Awosanmi 51
4 Nigerian Theatre: Culture, Collaboration and Practice
— Biodun Jeyifo & Tunde Awosanmi 83
5 The Ideology of Adaptation
— Olu Obafemi 137
SECTION II: REVOLUTIONARY THEATRE
6 Metaphorical Language and Revolutionary Ethos
— Chima Osakwe 153
7 A Fertility Rite for the Modern Stage: Femi Osofisan reveals the Continuing Relevance of Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels
— Modupe Olaogun 181
8 Of Visionary and Revolutionary Leaders: A Farcical Desideratum for Socio-Political Movements in Nigeria
— Adebisi Ademakinwa 187
9 The Drama of Running the National Theatre
— Isidore Nwanaju 207
10 Nigerian Drama and the Issue of Contemporaneity
— Ademola Adesola 221
11 BreakingFrontiers: The Drama and Theatre of Femi Osofisan in the West
— Tiziana Morosetti 233
SECTION III: WRITING
12 Unsung Heroes Crying in the Wilderness
— Thomas Bruckner 247
13 China Experience and the New Direction of African Literature
— Liu Yanqing 265
14 Osofisan Reflects on Pedagogy and the Future of Writing
— Nehru Odeh 271
15 Post-Mortem: Interview with Professor Femi Osofisan on the Eve of his Retirement from the University of Ibadan
— Sola Balogun 289
— Olakunbi Olasope 1
2 The African Antigone on the Stages of the New World
— Biodun Jeyifo 29
3 Re-Imagining Fagunwa’s Forest of a Thousand Daemons for the Modern Audience
— Tunde Awosanmi 51
4 Nigerian Theatre: Culture, Collaboration and Practice
— Biodun Jeyifo & Tunde Awosanmi 83
5 The Ideology of Adaptation
— Olu Obafemi 137
SECTION II: REVOLUTIONARY THEATRE
6 Metaphorical Language and Revolutionary Ethos
— Chima Osakwe 153
7 A Fertility Rite for the Modern Stage: Femi Osofisan reveals the Continuing Relevance of Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels
— Modupe Olaogun 181
8 Of Visionary and Revolutionary Leaders: A Farcical Desideratum for Socio-Political Movements in Nigeria
— Adebisi Ademakinwa 187
9 The Drama of Running the National Theatre
— Isidore Nwanaju 207
10 Nigerian Drama and the Issue of Contemporaneity
— Ademola Adesola 221
11 BreakingFrontiers: The Drama and Theatre of Femi Osofisan in the West
— Tiziana Morosetti 233
SECTION III: WRITING
12 Unsung Heroes Crying in the Wilderness
— Thomas Bruckner 247
13 China Experience and the New Direction of African Literature
— Liu Yanqing 265
14 Osofisan Reflects on Pedagogy and the Future of Writing
— Nehru Odeh 271
15 Post-Mortem: Interview with Professor Femi Osofisan on the Eve of his Retirement from the University of Ibadan
— Sola Balogun 289
References 309
Appendix 315
List of Contributors 325
Index 327
Appendix 315
List of Contributors 325
Index 327
