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Three Eritrean Plays
Three Eritrean Plays meets the traditional expectations of good drama with strong plots, engaging characters, incisive language and inventive settings, yet with telltale characteristics of the Eritrean life experience. Fanciful in A Village Dream, brutal in The Snare, and intensely romantic in Aster, these plays by three of Eritrea's greatest contemporary writers - Mesgun Zerai, Esaias Tseggai, and Solomon Drar - emerge from a culture that, facing defeat in the middle of its 30-year war for independence, made a conscious, strategic decision: develop your drama and all of your arts, and you will gain not only your nation but your soul.
- GenresAfrica
68 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2008
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March 15, 2011
Very interesting plays written not by professional authors, but by ex-freedom fighters for the liberation of Eritrea. It's obvious that these plays are also meant as propaganda for gender equality, democracy and against corruption, but they're still meaningful not only as testimonies for the political struggle of this small country. Especially the last of the three dramas, "Aster", moved me with the simplicity in which the author expressed the tragedy of lovers in war.
All in all, a very fast read, informative introduction on the political background which helped me a lot understand the "why"'s. And it's impressive to see what people not trained or "called" to be writers can achieve.
All in all, a very fast read, informative introduction on the political background which helped me a lot understand the "why"'s. And it's impressive to see what people not trained or "called" to be writers can achieve.
April 9, 2020
Three very short plays and a rather long foreword about the Eritrean liberation war.
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