About the Plays:

HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited number of copies are still available.

Testifyin' is the first anthology of plays by dramatists of African-Canadian descent.

Testifyin': Contemporary African Canadian Drama: Volume I is a collection of plays written and produced by Canada's leading black writers and playwrights, including Whylah Falls, by George Elliot Clarke, Riot, by Andrew Moodie, Comed Good Rain, by George Seremba, Sistahs, by Maxine Bailey and Sharon Lewis, Harlem Duet, by Djanet Sears, Coups and Calypsos, by Norbese Philip, Prodigal in a Promised Land, by Hector Bunyan, and When He was Free and Young...Silks On, by Austin Clarke. Truly a dramatic first, this remarkable collection of writing for the stage features critical introductions to each of these outstanding dramas, and celebrates African-Canadian playwrights and their plays.

About the Editor:

Djanet Sears is an award-winning playwright and director and has several acting award nominations to her credit for both stage and screen. She is currently an adjunct professor at University College, University of Toronto where she teaches playwriting.