This is a comprehensive workbook for actors, covering the key characteristics and profiles of a wide range of African accents of English. Its unique approach not only addresses the methods and processes by which to go about learning an accent, but also looks in detail at each example. This lets the reader plot their own route through the learning process and tailor not only their working methods but also their own personal idiolect. Full breakdowns of each accent cover:anintroduction giving a brief history of the accent, its ethnic background, and its language of originpreparatorywarm-up exercises specific to each accenta directory ofresearch materials including documentaries, plays, films and online resourceskeycharacteristics such as melody, stress, pace and pitchdescriptions ofphysical articulation in the tongue, lips, jaw, palate and pharynxpractice sentences ,phoneme tables andworksheets for solo study. African Accentsis accompanied by a website at www. routledge. com/cw/mcguire with an extensive online database of audio samples for each accent. The bookand audio resources guide actors to develop their own authentic accents, rather than simply to mimic native speakers. This process allows the actor to personalize an accent, and to integrate it into the creation of character rather than toplaythe accent on top of character. | African Accents by Beth Mcguire, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters