Mohammed ben Abdallah (playwright)

This article is about a playwright and former Ghanaian cabinet minister. For the 18th-century sultan of Morocco, see Mohammed ben Abdallah.
Mohammed ben Abdallah
Born (1944-04-25) 25 April 1944 (age 80) (month/day disputed)
Kumasi[1]
NationalityGhanaian
Alma mater
Notable work
SpouseAkosua Amponsah
AwardsRandolph Edmund's Award of the National Association for Speech and Dramatic Arts[2]

Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 25 April 1944) is a Ghanaian playwright, "the major Ghanaian playwright of his generation".[3] Director and founder of the Legon Road Theatre, he 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.[4][5] 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.

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References

  1. ^ a b Nana Ampon, Fanny (28 June 2007). "Dr Ben Abdallah Stood By His Values". Graphic Online. Modernghana.com. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Perry, Montgomery (Spring 1997). "The Voice of the Slave". Ghana's Theater and its Focus on the Atlantic Slave Trade: 55.
  3. ^ Douglas Killam; Ruth Rowe (2010). "Ben-Abdallah, Mohammed". The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-84701-019-3.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ "The Australasian Review of African Studies" (PDF). African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific. XXIV (1). June 2002.



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