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Description

French-speaking writer of Togolese origin Kossi Efoui resorts to puppetry as a means of communicating the diaspora of the African people and the condition of Otherness experienced by a portion of humanity throughout history.

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

University of Connecticut

City

Storrs

Keywords

puppet, representation, race and ethnicity, dramaturgy, otherness, Postcolonialism—Africa, French-speaking

Disciplines

Africana Studies | Arts and Humanities | Other Arts and Humanities | Other Theatre and Performance Studies | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Theatre and Performance Studies

How to Signify Otherness and Diasporic Bodies through Puppetry: Two Plays by Kossi Efoui

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