Difference between revisions of "Dambisa Kente"

From ESAT
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 5: Line 5:
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
Played the lead in [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]]’s ''[[Nongogo]]'' (Dir. [[Jerry Mofokeng]] – [[Johannesburg Civic]], 1994) *
+
She has appeared on stage in ''[[Night of the Long Wake]]'' (1983), in the lead in [[Athol Fugard|Fugard]]’s ''[[Nongogo]]'' (1994) and in ''[[Nothing but the Truth]]'' in 2002.
 
 
The [[Dhlomo Theatre]] opened 21 March 1983 with ''[[Night of the Long Wake]]'' by [[Dukuza Ka Macu]].  [[Benjy Francis]] (dir). Takes place 16 June, 1976 but is about the actions & reactions of  a group of people. [[Owen Sejake]], [[Mavuso Tshabalala]], [[Nandi Nyembe]], [[Fats Bookholane]], [[Aubrey Sekese]]. ''[[How Long?]]'' Actress, singer & comediant.  (Uncle [[Gibson Kente]]).  Also in ''[[Cry, The Beloved Country]]'', ''[[Nongogo]]'', [[Athol Fugard]] & ''[[Nothing But The Truth]]''.
 
 
 
''[[How Long?]]''
 
 
 
''[[Night of the Long Wake]]'',  ''[[Nongogo]]'', ''[[Nothing but the Truth]]''  
 
  
 +
''[[How Long?]]'' Actress, singer & comediant.  (Uncle [[Gibson Kente]]).  Also in ''[[Cry, The Beloved Country]]'',
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 18:05, 1 March 2018

Dambisa Kente (1958- 2002). Actress.

Biography

She was a niece of Gibson Kente. Dambisa fell ill during the production of Nothing but the Truth in 2002 and died two weeks later in Johannesburg at the age of 44, survived by her husband Vuli Mbotoli and three sons.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She has appeared on stage in Night of the Long Wake (1983), in the lead in Fugard’s Nongogo (1994) and in Nothing but the Truth in 2002.

How Long? Actress, singer & comediant. (Uncle Gibson Kente). Also in Cry, The Beloved Country,

Sources

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

Obituary written by Chris Barron, published in [Sunday Times]], 6 October 2002.


Return to ESAT Personalities K

Return to South African Theatre Personalities

Return to Main Page