Encountering the Global South: Theatre Africain's Tour of East Germany, 1951–1952

Abstract

abstract:In this article, I analyze Theatre African's tour of East Germany. This Francebased group of performers from French colonies in Africa, led by the Guinean poet and writer Keita Fodeba, was one of the earliest anticolonial artistic groups to visit East Germany, and their tour represented the country's early efforts to create social links with the Global South.