Browsing by Author "Rapoo, Connie"
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African spiritual retentions and racial hybridity in Adrienne Kennedy’s plays
Rapoo, Connie; Bonno, Ivan M. (University of Botswana, 2016-09-14)This article examines resonances of African ritual practice as staged in Adrienne Kennedy’s plays Funnyhouse of a Negro and The Owl Answers, and interrogates the complexities of racial hybridity as scripted in these works. ... -
Constructions of traditional womanhood in Botswana myths and popular culture
Rapoo, Connie (University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2013-12-11)Mythic-historical narratives, oral legends, popular culture, and traditional marriage rituals offer African traditional forms of performance that shed light on the nature of sexual politics in Africa as well as practices ... -
Constructions of traditional womanhood in Botswana myths and popular culture
Rapoo, Connie (University of Botswana, www.ub.bw, 2013-12-11)Mythic-historical narratives, oral legends, popular culture, and traditionalmarriage rituals offer African traditional forms of performance that shedlight on the nature of sexual politics in Africa as well as practices ... -
Non-racial casting in African theatre and cinema
Rapoo, Connie; Kerr, David (University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2018-09-12)Racial and non-racial casting in theatre and cinema has become a widely, and sometimes hotly discussed issue in European and North American performance. The debates are fuelled by the increasing popularity of ... -
Performance and the economies of cultural heritage festivals in Botswana: cashing in or selling out?
Rapoo, Connie (University of Botswana, www.ub.ac.bw, 2017-01-18)Cultural heritage performances such as the Kuru Dance Festival of the Basarwa (Bushmen/San) and the Sedibelo Festival of the Bakgatla in Botswana trade on indigenous performance traditions by translating rituals, culture ... -
Reconfiguring the city: contemporary youth performance and media entertainment in Gaborone
Rapoo, Connie (University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2015-07-09)Urban youth and their creative energies form part of the discourse of urbanization in Africa. Their participation in reconstructing, accessing, and animating the African urban landscape is evident in contemporary media ... -
THEATRE, PLACE AND PRIVATION: STAGING SILENCE AND PRECARIOUS EXISTENCE IN LARA FOOT NEWTON’S TSHEPANG
Rapoo, Connie (University of Botswana; www.ub.bw, 2015-04-02)This article interrogates landscapes of precariousness in Lara Foot Newton’s play Tshepang. It examines how Foot Newton dramatizes the structuring of a post-apartheid theatre in which landscapes of fragility and vulnerability ...