Soyinka Conference

[lisa fitzpatrick]

Pre-, Post-, and Neo-Colonialisms:
Wole Soyinka and Contemporary Theatre

The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama at the University of Toronto,
together with Modern Drama,  are presenting an international conference,
Pre-, Post-, and Neo-Colonialisms: Wole Soyinka and Contemporary
Theatre, October 19-21 2001.

Guest speakers include Dapo Adelugba, Susan Z. Andrade, Martin Banham,
Yvonne Brewster, Ted Chamberlin, Femi Euba, James Gibbs, Gareth
Griffiths, Biodun Jeyifo, Chuck Mike, Laura Moss, Molara Ogundipe,
Tejumola Olaniyan, Don Rubin, Brian Singleton and Stephen Slemon.

The conference aims to bring together some of the best of  African and
world dramatic scholarship, to debate issues of colonialism and
neocolonialism in Africa and beyond, and to locate the intersection of
Soyinka’s dramatic and theoretical writings with urgent concerns in
contemporary theatrical scholarship and practice.

The debate will address the formation and revision of canons; issues of
identity; writing post-coloniality; multilingualism; performing
diaspora; feminism and womanism in the works of Soyinka, with speakers
from Canada, Ireland, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, U.K., and the U.S.

We are pleased to announce that Wole Soyinka has accepted an invitation
to participate.

A tentative programme is posted on our website:
http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca

To register for the conference or for more information, please contact:
SoyinkaConference at yahoo.com
http://gradrama.sa.utoronto.ca
Fax.: 416-971-1378
All information is subject to change without notice