In the last 50 years, American and World theatre have been challenged and enriched by the rise to prominence of numerous female African American dramatists. Con

This collection of critical essays on plays by African American female playwrights from the post-reconstruction period to the present provides thematic analyses

“Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wishes to be heard.” —Claudia Tate, from the introduct

This is the first book-length study of black American women playwrights. It will be useful to scholars in the fields of black and women's literature and an exce

The first anthology to focus on the lives of Black South African women. Includes the work of, and interviews with, award-winning and emerging authors. Contains