{"product_id":"contemporary-francophone-african-plays-an-anthology-9781684485116","title":"Contemporary Francophone African Plays: An Anthology","description":"Bringing together in English translation eleven Francophone African plays dating from 1970 to 2021, this essential collection includes satirical portraits of colonizers and their collaborators (Bernard Dadi?'s \u003ci\u003eB?atrice du Congo; \u003c\/i\u003eSony Labou Tansi's \u003ci\u003eI, Undersigned, Cardiac Case\u003c\/i\u003e; S?nouvo Agbota Zinsou's \u003ci\u003eWe're Just Playing\u003c\/i\u003e) alongside contemporary works questioning diasporic identity and cultural connections (Koffi Kwahul?'s \u003ci\u003eSAMO: A Tribute to Basquiat\u003c\/i\u003e and Penda Diouf's \u003ci\u003eTracks, Trails, and Traces...\u003c\/i\u003e). The anthology memorializes the Rwandan genocide (Yolande Mukagasana's testimony from \u003ci\u003eRwanda 94\u003c\/i\u003e), questions the status of women in entrenched patriarchy (Werewere Liking's \u003ci\u003eSingu? Mura: Given That a Woman...\u003c\/i\u003e), and follows the life of Elizabeth Nietzsche, who perverted her brother's thought to colonize Paraguay (Jos? Pliya's \u003ci\u003eThe Sister of Zarathustra)\u003c\/i\u003e. Gustave Akakpo's \u003ci\u003eThe True Story of Little Red Riding Hood\u003c\/i\u003e and Kossi Efoui's \u003ci\u003eThe Conference of the Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e offer parables about what makes life livable, while Kangni Alem's \u003ci\u003eThe Landing\u003c\/i\u003e shows the dangers of believing in a better life, through migration, outside of Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJudith G. Miller is an emerita professor of French at New York University. She has published over thirty translations of plays, essays, and novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eThe Théâtre du Soleil, the First Fifty-Five Years\u003c\/i\u003e by Béatrice Picon-Vallin and \u003ci\u003eAnd the Whole World Quakes: Chronicle of a Slaughter Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e, a play by Haitian author Guy Régis Jr., in \u003ci\u003eNew Plays from the Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e, ed. Stéphanie Bérard.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bucknell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50500353917202,"sku":"9781684485116","price":52.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3dba491-4802-4b8f-b365-06f4188ed34e.jpg?v=1730749704","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/contemporary-francophone-african-plays-an-anthology-9781684485116","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}