Contents

pp v-vii

List of Illustrations

pp ix-x

Notes on Contributors

pp xi-xvi

Obituaries

pp xvii-xxiii

Acknowledgements

pp xxiv-xxiv

Dedication

pp xxv-xxvi

Introduction

pp 1-14

Articles

pp 15-16

A Revolt in (more than just) Four Parts

pp 17-28

‘It was here, you must remember, our children played their games’ A Historiography of District Six Musical Theatre

pp 29-51

‘Opera is an art form for everyone’ Black Empowerment in the South African Opera Adaptations Unogumbe (2013) and Breathe – Umphefumlo (2015)

pp 52-76

‘We can’t let politics define the arts’ Interviews with South African Opera Singers

pp 77-89

Aida’s Legacy or De-/Colonising Music Theatre in Egypt The Example of the Cairo Opera House

pp 90-106

Towards an African Operatic Voice Composition, Dramaturgy and Identity Strategies in New Yorùbá Opera

pp 107-135

The Phantom of the West African Opera A tour d’horizon

pp 136-158

The ‘African Opera Village’ Turns Ten Three Perspectives on a Controversial Project in Burkina Faso

pp 159-182

‘I smoked them out’ Perspectives on the Emergence of Folk Opera or ‘Musical Plays’ in Uganda

pp 183-193

‘Home is where the memory persists most’ Introducing Zainabu Jallo’s We Take Care of Our Own

pp 194-202

Playscript

We Take Care of Our Own

pp 203-230

Book Reviews edited by Sola Adeyemi

Chima Osakwe The Revolutionary Drama and Theatre of Femi Osofisan

pp 231-233

S. M. Mofokeng Senkatana

pp 233-236

Victor N. Gomia and Gilbert S. Ndi, eds Re-writing Pasts, Imagining Futures: Critical Explorations of Contemporary African Fiction and Theater

pp 237-239

Angelo Gobbato A Passion for Opera

pp 240-242

Koulsy Lamko Bintou Wéré: African Opera

pp 243-244

Musa Ngqungwana Odyssey of an African Opera Singer

pp 245-247

Mary I. Ingraham, Joseph K. So and Roy Moodley, eds Opera in a Multicultural World: Coloniality, Culture, Performance

pp 247-250

Hilde Roos The La Traviata Affair: Opera in the Age of Apartheid

pp 250-254