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''[[u-Nongqause: Isiganeko so ku xelwa kwe nkomo 1857]]'' is a [[Xhosa]] play by [[Mary W. Waters]] (fl.1920-1950). 

''In English it is most often simply referred to '''[[u-Nongqause: Isiganeko so ku xelwa kwe nkomo 1857|Nongqause]]'''''

== The original text ==

A play written in [[isiXhosa]] based on the story of the tragic starvation of the [[Xhosa]] nation resulting from the slaughter of the cattle, in response to the visions of the young prophetess [[Nonqause]]. The play focusses on their redemption by the missionaries.

The text was published by [[Lovedale Press]] in 1924. 

==Translations and adaptations==

An (English?)  playscript called ''[[Nongqause: a drama of the cattle killing of 1857]]'' is held by [[NELM]] in Grahamstown (Small Collections, Collection: WATERS, Mary: 2011. 289. 1.)

Waters wrote quite a few versions of the particular incident over the course of some four years, including also ''[[The Light – Ukukanya]]'' ("a drama of the history of the Bantus, 1600-1924", 1925) and a short story, ''The Story of the Native Doctor'',  1926). 

The play inspired [[H.I.E. Dhlomo]] to write his own English version of the story, called ''[[Nonqause: The Girl who Killed to Save]]'' (1935).

== Performance history in South Africa ==

1933/1934: Produced as the second production by the [[Bantu Dramatic Society]]. 

== Sources ==

''[[Nongqause: a drama of the cattle killing of 1857]]''. Playscript held by [[NELM]]: Small Collections [Collection: WATERS, Mary]: 2011. 289. 1.

[[Mary W. Waters]]. 1924. ''[[u-Nongqause: Isiganeko so ku xelwa kwe nkomo 1857|Nongqause]]'' Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1924. 

Sheila Boniface Davies (compiler): 2010.  ''Creative accounts of the Xhosa cattle-killing''[http://www.persistentfrontiers.com/xhosacattlekilling/docs/sbd-creativeaccounts.pdf]

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