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561 works of pan-African thought. 14 matching current filters.
The Younger family in Chicago's South Side dreams of moving to white neighborhood with insurance money.
One-act play about violent confrontation between Black intellectual and white woman on subway.
Play set in 1927 Chicago recording studio exploring tensions between blues musicians and white management.
Play about Troy Maxson, former Negro League player, and his strained family relationships in 1950s Pittsburgh.
Play set in 1911 Pittsburgh boarding house where former slave searches for his wife.
Play about siblings fighting over family piano carved with their ancestry during slavery.
Play set in 1969 Pittsburgh diner during Black Power era, examining community and change.
Play about blues guitarist Floyd Barton's final days in 1948 Pittsburgh.
Play about ex-con trying to rebuild life in 1985 Pittsburgh Hill District.
Play set in 1904 about 285-year-old Aunt Ester and her spiritual cleansing of troubled man.
Final play of Cycle about Black mayoral candidate and gentrification in 1990s Pittsburgh.
Play about unlicensed cab drivers in 1970s Pittsburgh facing urban renewal displacement.
A Karoo schoolteacher, a white schoolgirl, and a Black student are caught in late-apartheid violence. The play stages the impossible dilemma of a teacher who believes in non-violent change when the streets demand revolution.
Three plays by Caryl Phillips exploring Black British experience — Strange Fruit (a family's conflict over racial identity), Where There is Darkness, and The Shelter.