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- Title
The Ethics and Pragmatics of Making Heritage a Commodity: Ghana's PANAFEST 2009.
- Authors
Adrover, Lauren; Donkor, David A.; McMahon, Christina S.
- Abstract
At Ghana’s 2009 Pan African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST) discursive battles over the commodification of African heritage erupted amidst acrobatics, naming ceremonies, and asofo dancing. This aesthetic and verbal volleying entangled state dignitaries, paramount chiefs and visiting diasporans, while the watchful eye of Barack Obama gazed from ubiquitous billboards.
- Subjects
CAPE Coast (Ghana); THEATERS; DRAMA festivals; AFRICANS; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-
- Publication
TDR: The Drama Review (MIT Press), 2010, Vol 54, Issue 2, p155
- ISSN
1054-2043
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/dram.2010.54.2.155