Globalization and a grain of salt: Reflections of a participating emigrant-playwright

ABSTRACT The essay is based on a paper given at the “Symposium of African Literature in Global Perspectives” at the University of Kansas, sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities. It reflects thoughts on the predicaments of an emigrant African writer in his attempts to gain wider exposure on the global stage. In the process, the essay questions the validity of equal and reciprocal cultural and economic benefits that globalization is supposed to provide for African authors and participating theatre directors, producers, literary agents, and audiences.