Femi Euba
Encyclopedia
Femi Euba is a Nigeria
n actor and dramatist. Among the topics of his plays is Yoruba
culture.
ian by birth, studied acting at the Rose Bruford College
of Speech and Drama, earning a diploma in 1965. He left Nigeria in 1970 to further his studies, attending Yale University
for post-graduates studies and earning a masters degree in 1973. Over the years, he has taught at different colleges, mostly concentrating on black and African theater and literature.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
n actor and dramatist. Among the topics of his plays is Yoruba
Yoruba people
The Yoruba people are one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa. The majority of the Yoruba speak the Yoruba language...
culture.
Education and career
Euba, a LagosLagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
ian by birth, studied acting at the Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College
Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance is a British drama school, offering university-level and professional vocational training for theatre and performance and the BA and MA degrees, based in Sidcup, Southeast London.-History:Founded in 1950, Rose Bruford "pioneered the first acting degree...
of Speech and Drama, earning a diploma in 1965. He left Nigeria in 1970 to further his studies, attending Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
for post-graduates studies and earning a masters degree in 1973. Over the years, he has taught at different colleges, mostly concentrating on black and African theater and literature.
Works
- A Riddle of the Palms and Crocodiles (plays), Negro Ensemble CompanyNegro Ensemble CompanyThe Negro Ensemble Company is a New York City-based theater company. Established in 1967 by playwright Douglas Turner Ward, producer/actor Robert Hooks, and theater manager Gerald S...
, 1973. - Archetypes, Imprecators and Victims of Fate: Origins and Developments of Satire in Black Drama, Greenwood Press 1989.
- The Gulf, Longman, 1991.
- The Eye of Gabriel (play), in Black Drama, Alexander Street PressAlexander Street PressAlexander Street Press LLC is a premier database publisher in the humanities and social sciences . Like Ebsco, Proquest, Gale Cengage, and the Cambridge Information Group, it's engaged in 'born native' digital publishing....
, 2002. - Dionysus of the Holocaust (play), in Black Drama, Alexander Street PressAlexander Street PressAlexander Street Press LLC is a premier database publisher in the humanities and social sciences . Like Ebsco, Proquest, Gale Cengage, and the Cambridge Information Group, it's engaged in 'born native' digital publishing....
, 2002. - Poetics of the Creative Process: An Organic Practicum to Playwriting, University Press of AmericaUniversity Press of AmericaUniversity Press of America is an academic book publisher based in the United States. Part of the independent Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, it was founded in 1975 and boasts of having published "more than 10,000 academic, scholarly, and biographical titles in many disciplines"...
, 2005. - Camwood at Crossroads (novel), XlibrisXlibrisXlibris is a Bloomington, Indiana-based self-publishing and on-demand printing services provider founded in 1997., The New York Times stated it to be the foremost on-demand publisher. The founder and chief executive is John Feldcamp.- Overview :...
2007.