中文摘要：

非洲元戏剧的出现与西方元戏剧概念的提出遥相呼应。在汲取了西方元戏剧技巧的基础上．非洲当代戏剧家从社会批判的角度出发，结合本民族的文化特色对戏剧的自我指称、戏剧与文化的复合、虚构与真实的关系等方面进行了思考和宾践。为了实现戏剧的社会变革功能，非洲元戏剧比西方元戏剧更重视剧场的娱乐性。因此，从整体结构和时代氛围来看，非洲元戏剧并非一味地因袭西方元戏剧，而是在内容和表现手法上展现了其自身的多样性和独特性。

英文摘要：

The emergence of African metatheatre echoes the conception of western metatheatre. Having absorbed the skills of the western metatheatre, contemporary African dramatists carry on their contemplation and practice by combining African culture with dramatic self-reference, drama-culture composition and fabrication-authenticity relationship from the perspective of social criticism. In order to realize the dramatic function of social reform, African metatheatre lays more stress on the entertainment of theatre. Seen from its overall structure and the atmosphere of the time, African metatheatre is not merely imitating its western kin, but displays its diversity and uniqueness in both content and performance.