Confused Mhlaba
Confused Mhlaba is a play by Kayalethu Mqayisa.
Original text
A one-act play concerned with the problems of black identity in the 1970s, the play appears submissive and anti-revolutionary because of its plea for political moderation.
Performance history in South Africa
1973: First performed in 1973, then at the University of the Witwatersrand*? in 1974, banned in 1975. First published by Ravan Press in 1974.
2025: Presented at the Zabalaza Theatre Festival, directed & adapted by Kitso Seti.
Sources
Gosher, 1988).
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