Mohammed ben Abdallah (playwright)

Mohammed ben Abdallah
Born (1944-01-01) 1 January 1944 (month/day disputed)
Kumasi[1]
Nationality Ghanaian
Alma mater
Notable work
  • The Slaves
  • The Fall of Kumbi
  • The Alien King
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, director and founder of the Legon Road Theatre who 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.[3][4] 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.

See also

  • Adisa Munkaila
  • Ghanaian writers

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. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ "The Australasian Review of African Studies" (PDF). African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific. XXIV (1). June 2002.
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