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Chapter 10 - African American Performance and Community Engagement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2023

By
Nadine George-Graves
Edited by
Harvey Young
Harvey Young
Affiliation:
Boston University
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Nadine George-Graves discusses the vital role that theatre plays in engaging, healing, and transforming African American communities within her account of the theatrical contributions of producer Barbara Ann Teer, playwright Ntozake Shange, and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. She addresses the unifying and recuperative power of theatre and how Teer, Shange, and Zollar embrace Africanist practices with the intent of reaching and elevating the “spirit” of their audiences. The recognition of one’s affinity with others exists as a step toward developing a social activist movement.

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Barbara Ann TeerNtozake ShangeJawole Willa Jo Zollar
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The Cambridge Companion to African American Theatre , pp. 198 - 216
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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