T.N. Maumela

(19*-) Playwright. * Author of the Tshivenda plays Tshililo (1957, the first published play in the language), A Hu bebwi Mbilu (1974), twelve Venda one-act plays in the collection Edzani (“Attempts” - 1985). These plays tend to revolve around conflicts caused by corruption, in the police force and education, by a chief, etc. Maumela tends not to simplify characters as heroes or villains). A second volume of ten once-act plays appeared as Tomolambilu (“Pull out the heart” – 1989). This volume tends toward didactic work for schools and themes include "crime does not pay, 'look before you leap', 'believe in what you see not hear'. Language is colloquial and conversational.

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