Beyond the ordinary
Explore the latest in our vibrant and innovative research and publications in African and Caribbean theatre and performance scholarship.
Selected Publications
Dr. Vanessa Lee
Lee, Vanessa. " 'Echoes from the Volcano': Performing Martinique’s Volcanic Past in Four Plays by Ina Césaire." Sociopoétiques, special issue 1, 2025, https://dx.doi.org/10.52497/sociopoetiques.2358 [In French]
Lee, Vanessa. "Lumina Sophie dite Surprise: A Spark Igniting Multitudes." Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten, edited by Ben Fletcher-Watson and Jo Shaw, Edinburgh University Press, 2025, pp. 31-33. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399549462-010
Book:
Lee, Vanessa. Four Caribbean Women Playwrights: Ina Césaire, Maryse Condé, Gerty Dambury and Suzanne Dracius. Palgrave McMillan, 2021
Dr. D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson
Forbes-Erickson, D. Amy-Rose. “Yusimi Moya Rodriguez’s ‘Orisha Oshún Dance from Cuba’: Oshún as La Mulata in Afro-Cuban, African Caribbean, and Circum-Caribbean Sexualities and Libidinal Economies.” African Performance Review (APR) (Special Series) (forthcoming, 2026)
Forbes-Erickson, D. Amy-Rose. "The Imperative of 'Human Happiness': Claudia Jones, The Windrush Generation, and the Emergence of Notting Hill Carnival in 1959, London, England." Angles: New Perspectives on the Anglophone World. Vol. 19, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/13ofs
Forbes-Erickson, D. Amy-Rose. “The Running ‘Black Man’: An Afro-Dystopian Praxis in Directing Jackie Sibblies Drury’s We are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915,” the Black Theatre Review (tBTR), Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2023, pp. 23-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2458/tbtr.5552
Conrado Dess, PhD Candidate
Dess, Conrado. “Rewriting Narratives, Challenging Classics: African Writings in Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice.” Dance Research, vol. 44, no. 1, 2026, pp. 31–53. Edinburgh University Press, https://doi.org/10.3366/drs.2026.0467.
Masilo, Dada, and Conrado Dess. “Approaches to Dance (7): Dada Masilo ‘I Want People to Feel’: An Interview with Conrado Dess.” Dance Research, vol. 44, no. 1, 2026, pp. 54–68. Edinburgh University Press, https://doi.org/10.3366/drs.2026.0468.
Dess, Conrado. “Notas sobre o conceito de representatividade.” Urdimento – Revista de Estudos em Artes Cênicas, vol. 1, no. 43, 2022, pp. 1–30. Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, https://doi.org/10.5965/1414573101432022e0206.
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