Amponsah, K. E. (2013). INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE: Towards the Search for an Authentic Ghanaian Theatre

The idea of a particular society or region creating a kind of theatre, which would be seen as authentic cannot be underestimated. There is the need to seek expressions which have the capacity of conveying our peculiar experiences as an African nation in our performances (drama), while relieving us from the somewhat burden of entrenched Eurocentric classics drama impositions. This paper firstly attempts to justify the need for the search for an authentic Ghanaian theatre, secondly, bringing to the fore how creative writers can view as well as tap into indigenous knowledge, thus, the rich cultural heritage, history and totality of  the people’s experience as a source material for theatre/ drama which may qualify as an authentic Ghanaian theatre. Postcolonial theatrical discourse is the framework in which this paper is situated.