ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns examining how Debbie tucker green's plays about Africa articulate a collective yet differentiated experience or, as Richards puts it, a central issue of diaspora, how they build 'affective bonds within the context of historical differences'. Debbie tucker green's exploration of topical issues, dramatised through personal relationships in plays that often foreground women's experiences, has earned her a reputation as a political, ethical and experimental contemporary British dramatist. Her pieces are encased in a short play format. This has led some reviewers to remark on her ability to create a powerful effect in a short time and others to suggest that she does not allow space to fully explore complex issues. Using the form of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, truth and reconciliation stages the interaction of victims and perpetrators of crimes against humanity.
