Mohammed ben Abdallah (playwright)

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Mohammed ben Abdallah
Born (1944-04-25) 25 April 1944 (age 76) (month/day disputed)
Kumasi [1]
Nationality Ghanaian
Alma mater
Notable work
Spouse(s)Akosua Amponsah
Awards Randolph Edmund's Award of the National Association for Speech and Dramatic Arts [2]

Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 1 January 1944) is a Ghanaian playwright, "the major Ghanaian playwright of his generation". [3] Director and founder of the Legon Road Theatre, he became head of School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana in 2003. [1] His works portray postcolonial drama that integrates both indigenous and European themes relevant in contemporary African societies. [4] [5] Written in 1972, ben Abdullah's first book, The Slaves , became the foremost non-American dramatic play to win the Randolph Edmund's Award of the National Association for Speech and Dramatic Arts. [2] Ben Abdallah held cabinet positions during the Military government of the Provisional National Defence Council.

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References

  1. 1 2 Nana Ampon, Fanny (28 June 2007). "Dr Ben Abdallah Stood By His Values". Graphic Online. Modernghana.com. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Perry, Montgomery (Spring 1997). "The Voice of the Slave". Ghana's Theater and its Focus on the Atlantic Slave Trade: 55.
  3. Douglas Killam; Ruth Rowe (2010). "Ben-Abdallah, Mohammed". The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey. p. 37. ISBN   978-1-84701-019-3.
  4. ben Abdallah, Mohammed (1972). "Mohammed ben Abdallah and the Legon Road Theater". African Arts. 5 (4): 33–35+63–68+88. doi:10.2307/3334590. JSTOR   3334590.(subscription required)
  5. "The Australasian Review of African Studies" (PDF). African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific. XXIV (1). June 2002.