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Comedy (4)
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Theatre (4)
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A Painful Decision (Drama on Female Circumcision)
Age Range: 6 – 12 years
Africans have many customary practices. Sometime ago, these customs certainly had some advantages. With the passage of time, however, some of these practices have outlived their usefulness, not to mention the aim they are often associated with. Hence, there is the need for us to either modify these customary practices or abandon them altogether.
It will be discovered, in this play, the great pain and suffering that female circumcision brings to our women.
We do not dispute the fact that it is one of the legacies bequeathed to us by our forebears. Nonetheless, what prevents us from abandoning it since there is nothing to gain from it now or in future? The time has come for us to become selective in the practice of our customs so that only what brings progress to us is maintained.
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A Play of Giants
Described by the author as a ‘Fantasia on Aminian theme’, Wole Soyinka’s new play presents a savage portrait of a group of dictatorial African leaders at bay in an embassy in New York. The resemblance between them and recent historical characters is only too pronounced.
₵30.00A Play of Giants
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African Dance in Ghana: Contemporary Transformations
In African Dance in Ghana: Contemporary Transformations, Professor Francis Nii-Yartey tells the story of the development of dance – both traditional and contemporary – since Ghana’s independence. The book charts the people and events that influenced new forms of dance and their impact on art, culture and national identity. The dances that emerge combine centuries-old tradition with a yearning for original expression and innovation.
Nii-Yartey is uniquely equipped to tell the story, having been directly involved through his directorship of the Department of Dance at the University of Ghana and his involvement in establishing the Ghana Dance Ensemble and the Noyam African Dance Institute.
The second part of the book gives detailed choreographic instructions for 18 dance pieces, most of which were written, choreographed and directed by the author. They form an invaluable legacy to his career.
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Edufa – A Play
“Ask the town. They know who Edufa is and what he’s worth. They can count you out my value in the houses that eat because I live. They rise in deference from their chairs when they say my name. And can a man allow himself to lose grip on that?”
Edufa’s obsession with maintaining his position of privilege leads him to barter his wife’s life against loss of prestige.
Efua T. Sutherland did a great deal to encourage the theatre in Ghana. She began the Ghana Experimental Theatre and the Ghana Drama Studio, and wrote many plays for adults and children, including The Marriage of Anansewa.
₵25.00Edufa – A Play
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Egya Yɛ Sunsum (Mfantse)
An advice to the Youth to give due respect to elders and the need to prepare a “Will” before one’s death.
₵15.00Egya Yɛ Sunsum (Mfantse)
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Fefehawo (Eʋe)
A collection of Play and Action Songs suitable for use by school children and the general public. It is hoped that, this book will be useful to teachers and students in Training Colleges.
₵18.00Fefehawo (Eʋe)
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Fia Tsatsala (Ewe)
Fia Tsatsala is a play. An arrogant chief absconds from his village just before his disgruntled subjects could seize him and do away with him. He wanders around parts of Eweland, falling into some interesting adventures. He grows tired of wandering, goes back to his subjects, and entreats them to accept him back. His pleadings, however, fall on deaf ears so his subjects seize him and sell him into slavery.
₵15.00Fia Tsatsala (Ewe)
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Hlɔbiabia (Ewe)
Hlɔbiabia (Vengeance) is a story of a body who suffered a great deal of injustice in the hands of many people including his own teachers and close friends. Torments he suffered made him vow to repay mankind in the same way he had been treated.
By paying people in their own coins, he managed to go overseas where he obtained many degrees. Later, however, when he returned home, he rendered good service to people and in addition confessed every wrong he had done and pleaded with the bench for a fitting punishment as an atonement for his sins.
₵28.00Hlɔbiabia (Ewe)
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In the Chest of a Woman: A Play in Six Legs
In the Chest of a Woma: A Play in Six Legs
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Mmɔfra Nkɔmmɔ Bi (Asante Twi)
A collection of Plays and interactions among children in Asante-Twi
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Namɔ Matsu? (Ga)
” Namɔ Matsu? ” is a drama which contains two Plays. The first, ” Whom Shall I send?” , is a two-act play about the fall of Man from Grace (Eden) due to disobedience.
The second Play, “Wonderful Love” deals with God’s concern about Man’s redemption, and how man sometimes vainly kicks against what is ordained.
₵18.00Namɔ Matsu? (Ga)
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