Caribbean Mythology and Modern Life: 5 One Act Plays for Young People: 5 One Act Plays for Young People, Second Edition - Paperback

by Barrington Braithwaithe (Illustrator), Lester Efebo Wilkinson (Illustrator), Al Creighton Jnr (Introduction by)

This is a book of 5 one act plays on modern day themes written for young people. The plays invoke mythological and folk characters from the Caribbean and its Diasporas to weave fascinating dramas about life and coping with life. Each play draws on the myths of one of the ethnic groups in the region. The book contains 2 prizewinning plays. Anansi's Way ( winner of the Guyana prize for Literature) is about how some students use the tactics of Anansi the wily spider God of the Akan peoples to stop a gang in school. Sukanti is a play which examines tradition and the tensions with modern life through exploring relationships with "others", ethnic others, gender others, class others and disabled others. Massacuraman is a play about the defense of the environment and the way in which nature sometimes fights back. Chupacabra is about how the blood sucking creatures of the world come together to combat a theat to their blood supply - HIV. A Fairmaid's Tale is set in an Amerindian village and explores gender relations through the prism of the practices and beliefs of the Amerindians.