Koffie en kondensmelk
Koffie en kondensmelk (“Coffee and Condensed Milk”) is an Afrikaans play by Melvin Whitebooi (1956–2011).
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The original text
A play about apartheid in beauty competitions, and the absurdity of having a white Miss South Africa and a black Miss Africa South, it is based on the fact that it was not until the 1990s that all persons of all races were allowed to compete in a single Miss South Africa competition. Prior to that, people of colour competed in the Miss Africa South pageant, (renamed Miss Black South Africa in 1977).[1].
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1986: First performed by the Cape Flats Players in 1986.
Sources
Melvin Whitebooi An obituary by Peter Braaf in Tydskrif vir Letterkunde 49 (1) 2012
Valcke, Elke. 1999. "Swart Afrikaans gemeenskapstheater", Documenta 17(4), 390-399[2].
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