UNongqause

uNongqause by Mary W. Waters.

Published by Lovedale in 1924. Produced as the second production by the Bantu Dramatic Society in 1933/4?**. 

The original text

Seemingly originally written in English and entitled Nongqause: a drama of the cattle killing of 1857 (Playscript held by NELM: Small Collections [Collection: WATERS, Mary]: 2011. 289. 1.)

Mary W. Waters. 1924. Nongqause Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1924. A play written in isiXhosa about the starving of the Xhosa as a result of the killing of the cattle as prophesied by the young prophet [Nongqause]]. The play focusses on their redemption by the missionaries.

Nongqause: a drama of the cattle killing of 1857. Playscript held by NELM: Small Collections [Collection: WATERS, Mary]: 2011. 289. 1.

Mary W. Waters. 1924. Nongqause Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1924.

U-Nongqause: Isiganeko so ku xelwa kwe nkomo 1857.

Sources

Nongqause: a drama of the cattle killing of 1857. Playscript held by NELM: Small Collections [Collection: WATERS, Mary]: 2011. 289. 1.

Mary W. Waters. 1924. Nongqause Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1924.

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