Difference between revisions of "Umongikazi"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
Meaning "nurse", this [[isiZulu]] word is found in the titles for two very different theatrical events:
+
[[Umongikazi]], meaning "nurse" in  [[isiZulu]], as/in the titles for two very different theatrical events:
  
  
Line 5: Line 5:
  
  
See [[Peter Larlham]], 1984.  
+
See [[Peter Larlham]], 1985. ''Black Theater, Dance, and Ritual in South Africa''  Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press,
  
 +
=''[[Umongikazi]]'': a play by [[Maishe Maponya]]=
  
=''[[Umongikazi: The Nurse]]'' by [[Maishe Maponya]]=
 
  
  
This is a highly politicized play about the racism and incompetence in hospitals and makes a call for unionisation.
+
'''See ''[[Umongikazi: The Nurse]]'''''
  
Published in ''[[Doing Plays for Change: Five Works]]'' (Edited by [[Ian Steadman]], 1995), ''[[Four Plays]]'' by [[Zakes Mda]] and ''[[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]].
 
  
 
+
=Return to =
 
 
1983: First performed at the [[Market Theatre]] by the [[Bahumutsi Players]], directed by [[Maishe Maponya]] with [[Gcina Mhlope]].
 
 
 
1983: Toured Britain and Germany in the same year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Produced at the [[Market Theatre]], date unknown. ([[NELM]] catalogue: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 32. 9. 223).
 
 
 
 
 
Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 U|U]]
 
 
 
 
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
 
Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays|South African Theatre Plays]]
  
 
Return to [[Main Page]]
 
Return to [[Main Page]]

Latest revision as of 14:44, 8 April 2024

Umongikazi, meaning "nurse" in isiZulu, as/in the titles for two very different theatrical events:


Umongikazi: a Zulu performance event

See Peter Larlham, 1985. Black Theater, Dance, and Ritual in South Africa Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press,

Umongikazi: a play by Maishe Maponya

See Umongikazi: The Nurse


Return to

Return to South African Theatre Plays

Return to Main Page