REVIEW:
'... a 'must-have' for anybody interested in issues relating to theatre and development in Africa.' - Sola Adeyemi in [email protected] 'An exciting development...' - Research in African Literatures 'A truly worthwhile resource in a growing field of research.' - E.C. Ramirez in Choice '...illuminated by the presence of the English text of Dev Virahsawmy's gem of a play and the editors must be congratulated for affording the reader this pleasure.' - Alan Shelley in Modern African Studies

CONTENTS:
Strategies in staging - theatre technique in the plays of Zakes Mda, Carolyn Duggan
- propaganda and mass education - Alec Dickson and drama for development in the Gold Coast, James Gibbs
- theatre development in Mauritius - from a theatre of protest to a theatre of cultural miscegenation, Roshni Mooneran
- telling the Lion's Tale - making theatre in Eritrea, Ali Campbell et al
- Alemseged Tesfai - a playwright in service to Eritrean liberation, Jane Plastow
- performance studio workshop in Igboelerin East (1997), Chuck Mike et al
- art as tool, weapon or shield? report on a seminar on arts for development, Harare (4-8 March 1997), David Kerr
- arts and development II - furthering the agenda, Ibadan (1998), Jumai Ewu
- 15 years between - Benue and Katsina workshops, Nigeria, Frances Harding
- practice and policy in theatre and development - seminar, London (1998) - a personal response, Jan Cohen-Cruz
- noticeboard - short materials and reports on theatre/development projects and related material
- a new playscript from Africa - "Babalawo, Mystery-Master", Agbo Sikuade.