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Theatre Arts for Advanced Secondary Schools

(f) Politics and language: Politics is one of the aspects of culture. Artists
should be sensitive of their country’s politics. They should use the
language in a way that promotes peace of the community. This means that
the language should construct the community instead of destructing. The
use of language must be politically sensitive. Artists should be careful as
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they choose the words, symbols and artifacts that will be applied in their
performances. They should not choose symbols and images that stand
for a particular party, unless they are hired by the party to perform for
them. The language, symbols, props and costumes have to be as neutral
as possible. Figure 6.2 shows the difference between colours that attract
multiple and neutral interpretations.

Colours of khanga costume with Colours of khanga costume with
multiple interpretation neutral interpretation

Figure 6. 2: Colours multiple and neutral interpretations

Activity 6.3

Choose any play and divide yourselves into characters found in the play and
read it aloud from beginning to the end. As you read, explore how creatively
the language has been used to convey cultural values of the community.

Exercise 6.2

Review the photographs of the artifacts in the table below. Write a theme
related to each artifact.

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