Examines the impact of new media (such as video and YouTube) and the use of multi-media on live and recorded performance in Africa.Focuses on the ways African theatre and performance relate to various kinds of media. Includes contributions on dance; popular video, with an emphasis on video drama and soaps from Eastern and Southern Africa, and the Nigerian 'Nollywood' phenomenon; the interface between live performance and video (or still photography), and links between on-line social networks and new performance identities. As a group the articles raise, from original angles, the issues of racism, gender, identity, advocacy and sponsorship. Volume Editor: DAVID KERR is Professor of English in the University of Botswana, and is the author of African Popular Theatre Series Editors: Martin Banham, Emeritus Professor of Drama & Theatre Studies, University of Leeds; James Gibbs, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, University of the West of England; Femi Osofisan, Professor of Drama at the University of Ibadan; JanePlastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds; Yvette Hutchison, Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick

Editor's Introduction - David Kerr'I Ain't Gonna Play Sun City': Anti-apartheid Solidarity & its Consequences - Torsten SannarOwnership & Power: Debate & Discourse around the Subcultural Phenomenon of Die Antwoord - Sarah Woodward'Border-Neutering' Devices in Nigerian Home Video Tradition: A Study of Mainframe Films - Gbemisola AdeotiTanzanian Films: Between Innovation & Incompetence - Vicensia Shule'Telling Our Story': Conversations with KinaUganda Home Movie Directors, Mariam Ndaigire & Ashraf Simwogerere - Sam KasuleZimbabwe's Studio 263: Navigating Between Entertainment & Health Messaging - Samuel RavengaiVele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Nehemiah ChivandikwaVele Abantu Sinjalo: Nationhood & Ethno-Linguistic dissent in Zimbabwean Television Drama - Ngonidzashe MuwonwaWithin Between: Engaging Communities in Contemporary Dance Practice in East Africa - Christy AdairWater Feels: Layering Time in a Contemporary Multi-Media Performance - Moratiwa MolemaPlayscript: The Campus Queen - Akinwumi IsolaBook Reviews