1. Introduction / Tiziana Morosetti -- Part I. Africa on the London Stage, 1955-2013 : 2. Freedom, London 1955: A Story of Modern Africa Written and Acted by Africans, or Perhaps Not / James Gibbs -- 3. Africa on the British Stage, 1955-1966 / Steve Nicholson -- 4. 'On One of Those Sunday Nights': 50 Years of Africa at the Royal Court Theatre / Tiziana Morosetti -- 5. Biyi Bandele's Theatre of the Afropolitan Absurd / Michael Pearce -- 6. Nigerian Political Satire at the Soho Theatre: Class, Culture, and Theatrical Languages in Oladipo Agboluaje's The Estate and Iyale (The First Wife) / Lynette Goddard -- 7. Black Masculinity and the Black Voice: Casting and Canonicity in the National Theatre Gala / Sophie Duncan -- Part II. Companies and Theatre Practitioners : 8. Disrupting Historical Mis-representations and Constructions: Talawa Theatre, Tiata Fahodzi, and Representations of Polyphonic Africa on the Contemporary London Stage / Victor Ukaegbu -- 9. IROKO Theatre and the African Theatre-in-Education Scene in London / Alex Oma-Pius -- 10. 'But [We] Will Delve One Yard Below Their Mines / And Blow Them at the Moon': Two Gents--'Africa', Shakespeare, and the Silent Revolution / Arne Pohlmeier -- 11. Interview with Ade Solanke / Tiziana Morosetti -- 12. Interview with Rotimi Babatunde / Ting Cheng -- 13. Interview with Dipo Agboluaje / Tiziana Morosetti -- Index.
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