L'Histoire dans le theatre africain francophone.

In traditional African society the griots played the role of oral historians and archivists. They are being replaced by playwrights who draw on history as a source of inspiration. They are being replaced by playwrights who draw on history as a source of inspiration. The first historical plays produced in the 1930s at the William Ponty School in Senegal reflected colonial ideology and were a justification of France's "civilizing mission." The …