Mbongeni Ngema, renowned South African creator of the musical Sarafina!, has died in a car crash aged 68. News of his death was announced by his family in a statement to the Associated Press. It is ...

From the African Grove Theater , founded in 1821 by William Alexander Brown in New York City, to today’s Broadway, Black artists have continually transformed American theater, even when America tried ...

Athol Fugard, South Africa's foremost dramatist who explored the pervasiveness of apartheid in such searing works as "The ...

The internationally acclaimed stage production Far Gone is set to make its South African debut with a highly anticipated tour ...

Lagos is set to take centre stage once again as the Lagos International Theatre Festival returns for its 2025 edition, a week ...

AFA copy 39088019765007 gift from Janet Stanley. Contents Looking for "Eritrea's past property" (1947) : archives & memories in Eritrean theatre histiography / Christine Matzke -- Seeking the founding ...

Ghanaian-American playwright Jocelyn Bioh wrote the “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” in 2017 for the MCC PlayLab Series, and it instantly became a show that everyone in the theater ...

March at The Capitol Theatre shines a light on two distinct contemporary art forms and their deep roots in the cultures they represent. Step Afrika! represents the African American community through ...

Esiaba Irobi : the tragedy of exile / Olu Oguibe -- Esiaba Irobi : a personal note / Martin Banham -- Esiaba Irobi and his muse / Georgina Alaukwu-Ehuriah -- Remembering Esiaba Irobi at the ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Performance is one of the best forms of self-expression and one Harrisburg woman is doing exactly that with some thought-provoking theater. The goal of the Sankofa African American ...

INDIANAPOLIS — On a cold Wednesday night in February, you could feel the excitement heating up inside the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre. High-fives, laughs, hugs and conversation shared a crackling ...