ABSTRACT

Thepresent chapter describes participatory theater in SouthAfrica, Brazil, and India as a means of empowering audience individuals to lead social change. The focus on participation by oppressed individuals as a means of organizing for social changewas recognized as important by scholars and practitioners of

development communication since the 1990s.Here this direction is integrated with the entertainment-education strategy, for the potential benefit of both participatory communication and E-E.