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Crosswinds : an anthology of Black dramatists in the diaspora / edited and with an introduction by William B. Branch.

Title
  1. Crosswinds : an anthology of Black dramatists in the diaspora / edited and with an introduction by William B. Branch.
Published by
  1. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 1993.

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Additional authors
  1. Branch, William B.
Description
  1. xxvii, 416 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. "Edited by award-winning U.S. playwright William Branch, this is a landmark collection of plays addressing various aspects of the global black experience by outstanding black playwrights from Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and North and South America. Among the plays are dramas by Nobel laureates Derek Walcott and Wole Soyinka, pioneering folklorist Efua Sutherland, and two-time Pulitzer prize winner August Wilson."--Amazon.com viewed Nov. 3, 2022.
Series statement
  1. Blacks in the diaspora
Uniform title
  1. Blacks in the diaspora
Subject
  1. Johannes Stobaeus ca. 5. Jh
  2. Drama
  3. Zielke-Nadkarni, Andrea 1956-
  4. Schwarze, ..
  5. African Americans -- Drama
  6. American drama -- African American authors
  7. Drama -- Translations into English
  8. English drama -- Black authors
  9. Black people -- Drama
Genre/Form
  1. Drama
  2. Translations
Contents
  1. Black dramatists in the diaspora : the beginnings / William B. Branch -- Death and the king's horseman / Wole Soyinka -- Edufa / Efua Sutherland -- Woza Albert / Percy Mtwa, Mbongeni Ngema, and Barney Simon -- Pantomime / Derek Walcott -- Lament for Rastafari / Edgar White -- Sortilege II : Zumbi returns / Abdias do Nascimento -- Slave Ship / Amiri Baraka -- In splendid error / William Branch -- Joe Turner's come and gone / August Wilson -- The talented tenth / Richard Wesley.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain