Black Antigone - Sophocles' Tragedy Meets the Heartbeat of Africa (Electronic book text)

Black Antigone is a fresh and provocative interpretation of SophoclesOCO tragedy, based on the belief that the potent rhythms of the African people were much more a part of ancient Greece than has ever been suggested - especially by the Victorian classics professors on whose translations of Antigone many generations have relied. In Black Antigone, these African OCyrootsOCO are most evident in the controversial treatment of the Chorus, which beats with the rhythmic heart of Africa, reminding us no..."