Theatre
Amazoulou
Not translated into English
Condetto Nénékhaly-Camara · 1967
Synopsis
An epic drama devoted to Shaka, king of the Zulus; the play retraces the life of the warrior who became sovereign and shows in him a leader devoted to the good of his people, according to the critics' reading of it.
Context
The play first appeared in 1967 in Conakry, in a collection of historical drama published by the Democratic Party of Guinea, alongside Sikasso ou la dernière citadelle by Djibril Tamsir Niane and a play by Émile Cissé. It was taken up in 1970 at Honfleur by P. J. Oswald, following Continent-Afrique, in the Théâtre africain series. It takes its place among the French-language plays devoted to Shaka, with that of Seydou Badian.
Who it is for
For reading an African historical drama of the sixties, written in French by a Guinean poet.
Prizes and reception
M. Z. Malaba judges it the weakest of the French-language plays on Shaka, the ideological message outweighing the characters.
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