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	The birth of the [[Bachaki Theatre]] (''Bachaki'' meaning “visitors” or “travellers”) goes back to 1987 when a group of artists from various townships such as Soweto, Atteridgeville and Vosloorus, after thirteen months of research, workshops and writing, presented their first production, ''[[Top Down]]''.		The birth of the [[Bachaki Theatre]] (''Bachaki'' meaning “visitors” or “travellers”) goes back to 1987 when a group of artists from various townships such as Soweto, Atteridgeville and Vosloorus, after thirteen months of research, workshops and writing, presented their first production, ''[[Top Down]]''.
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		+	The success of ''[[Top Down]]'' gave [[Bachaki Theatre]] a very good reputation and the possibility and willingness to organise regular theatre workshops with the youth (students and unemployed) in Pimville (Soweto), but the Bachaki still had no funds, no accommodation and no rehearsal space. So the creation of ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' was a real challenge for the group who decided to work and rehearse under the trees near the Orlando Power Station (Soweto).
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		+	The plays created by the Bachaki are connected with socio-political themes typical of South African society. The stories have been conceived to show the consequences of a specific political system on the people of the country and their fight to oppose it.

	==Productions==		==Productions==

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	[[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 Unpublished PhD thesis.		[[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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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		+	Lorenza Coray-Dapretto. ''From the People to the People: South African Fringe Theatre''. https://www.unige.ch/math/folks/coray/lorenza/PDF/fringe.pdf

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	'''[[Bachaki Theatre]]''' is a theatre group founded in 1987 by [[Thulani Sifeni]], [[Jake Chika]], [[Muntu wa Bachaki]] (pseudonym of [[Angifi Dladla]]) and [[Mavuso Mavuso]].		'''[[Bachaki Theatre]]''' is a theatre group founded in 1987 by [[Thulani Sifeni]], [[Jake Chika]], [[Muntu wa Bachaki]] (pseudonym of [[Angifi Dladla]]) and [[Mavuso Mavuso]].
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		+	==History==
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		+	The birth of the [[Bachaki Theatre]] (''Bachaki'' meaning “visitors” or “travellers”) goes back to 1987 when a group of artists from various townships such as Soweto, Atteridgeville and Vosloorus, after thirteen months of research, workshops and writing, presented their first production, ''[[Top Down]]''.
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		+	==Productions==

	The first production was ''[[Top Down]]'' (1988), followed among others by [[Thulani Mtshali]]’s ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' (1991), ''[[Devil’s Den]]'' (1995)?* and ''[[Weemen]]'' (National Arts Festival, 1996).		The first production was ''[[Top Down]]'' (1988), followed among others by [[Thulani Mtshali]]’s ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' (1991), ''[[Devil’s Den]]'' (1995)?* and ''[[Weemen]]'' (National Arts Festival, 1996).

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 [[ESAT Bibliography Cor-Cri|Coray-Dapretto]] 1996.
-Xaba, Andile. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
+[[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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 '''[[Bachaki Theatre]]''' is a theatre group founded in 1987 by [[Thulani Sifeni]], [[Jake Chika]], [[Muntu wa Bachaki]] (pseudonym of [[Angifi Dladla]])  and [[Mavuso Mavuso]].
-The first production was ''[[Top Down]]'' (1988), followed among others by * [[Thulani Mtshali]]’s ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' (1993)?*, ''[[Devil’s Den]]'' (1995)?* and ''[[Weemen]]'' (National Arts Festival, 1996).
+The first production was ''[[Top Down]]'' (1988), followed among others by [[Thulani Mtshali]]’s ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' (1991), ''[[Devil’s Den]]'' (1995)?* and ''[[Weemen]]'' (National Arts Festival, 1996).
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−	~~BACHAKI THEATRE,~~ [Soweto?*]~~. Founded~~ in 1987 by [[Thulani Sifeni]], [[Jake Chika]], [[Muntu wa Bachaki]] and [[Mavuso Mavuso]].	+	'''[[Bachaki Theatre]]''' is a theatre group founded in 1987 by [[Thulani Sifeni]], [[Jake Chika]], [[Muntu wa Bachaki]] and [[Mavuso Mavuso]].

	The first production was ''[[Top Down]]'' (1988), followed among others by * [[Thulani Mtshali]]’s ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' (1993)?, ''[[Devil’s Den]]'' (1995)? and ''[[Weemen]]'' (Grahamstown Festival, 1996), *		The first production was ''[[Top Down]]'' (1988), followed among others by * [[Thulani Mtshali]]’s ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' (1993)?, ''[[Devil’s Den]]'' (1995)? and ''[[Weemen]]'' (Grahamstown Festival, 1996), *

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−	BACHAKI THEATRE, [Soweto?]. Founded in ~~1988~~ by[ Muntu wa Bachaki?.] The first production was ''[[Top Down]]'' (1988), followed among others by [[Thulani Mtshali]]’s ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' (1993)?, ''[[Devil’s Den]]'' (1995)? and ''[[Weemen]]'' (Grahamstown Festival, 1996), *	+	BACHAKI THEATRE, [Soweto?*]. Founded in 1987 by [[Thulani Sifeni]], [[Jake Chika]], [[Muntu wa Bachaki]] and [[Mavuso Mavuso]].
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		+	The first production was ''[[Top Down]]'' (1988), followed among others by * [[Thulani Mtshali]]’s ''[[Golden Gloves]]'' (1993)?, ''[[Devil’s Den]]'' (1995)? and ''[[Weemen]]'' (Grahamstown Festival, 1996), *

	It is claimed in an obituary of [[Angifi Dladla]] that he founded the Bachaki Theatre in 1997. That appears to be incorrect. '''See''' Poetry Potion [https://www.poetrypotion.com/poet-muse-angifi-dladla-1950-2020/].		It is claimed in an obituary of [[Angifi Dladla]] that he founded the Bachaki Theatre in 1997. That appears to be incorrect. '''See''' Poetry Potion [https://www.poetrypotion.com/poet-muse-angifi-dladla-1950-2020/].