We Mame!
We Mame! is a play by Gibson Kente (1932-2004).
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The original text
The play is a comedy involving three women characters who have a romantic interest in the same man. The story revolves around the three women, Noverbs the sly loudmouth, Stew the nag and Gudu the woman with principles.
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Performance history in South Africa
1987/88: First performed in 1987. In early 1988 Kente donated the proceeds from designated performances of We Mame! to schools in Soweto and other townships where the play was touring.21 In this instance, the money was to help alleviate a shortage of furniture and other educational materials in township schools.
Sources
Andile Xaba. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
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