Mihloti Group

A cultural group in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, afiliated to MDALI. In 1972 they participated in the TECON Theatre Festival in Durban with a poetry programme. Their poetry took on a terse agit-prop style, utilizing choral chants and direct audience address. In January 1973 they organised a Black Arts Exhibition at the Mofolo Hall, Soweto, where the notion of what constitutes black theatre was introduced through a paper written by Saths Cooper, presented by Sipho Buthelezi and debated by those present. The meeting reinforced the notion of the arts as a weapon in the struggle. Another prominent member and spokesman was Mafika Gwala. It was one of a number of arts and culture organizations associated with the Black Consciousness Movement in the 1970s-1980s.

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