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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-A docu-drama, ''[[Going Back]]'', based on the musical, was produced by [[SABC]] in 1981. [[The Congress of South African Students]] ([[COSAS]]) called for a boycott of his plays as it was unhappy that Kente was working with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on ''[[Going Back]]''.
+A docu-drama, ''[[Going Back]]'', based on the musical, was produced by the [[South African Broadcasting Corporation]] [[SABC]] in 1981. [[The Congress of South African Students]] ([[COSAS]]) called for a boycott of his plays as it was unhappy that Kente was working with the (SABC) on ''[[Going Back]]''.
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 ==Translations and adaptations==
-A docu-drama, ''[[Going Back]]'', based on the musical, was produced by [[SABC]] in 1981.
+A docu-drama, ''[[Going Back]]'', based on the musical, was produced by [[SABC]] in 1981. [[The Congress of South African Students]] ([[COSAS]]) called for a boycott of his plays as it was unhappy that Kente was working with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on ''[[Going Back]]''.
 ==Performance history in South Africa==

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 Unpublished.
 ==Performance history in South Africa==
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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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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 ==The original text==
-The musical explores dramatizations of the conflict between political pressures and family/community solidarity.
+The musical explores a mother’s commitment to the education of her children and the conflict between political pressures and family/community solidarity.
 Unpublished.
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-by [[Gibson Kente]]. (Also known by a number of varieties of the name, often simply “The Load”)
+Hugely popular township musical by [[Gibson Kente]] (1932-2004). (Also known by a number of varieties of the name, often simply “The Load”)
-Hugely popular township musical written and first performed 1979. Toured the black townships of the country for years, with up to four companies out at a time, and was the first of his plays to be noticed by the non-black press. Unpublished. ''[[Mama and the Load]]'' at [[Market Theatre]] (1981*). Performed in the Concert Hall, [[Baxter Theatre]] in 1980, directed by [[Gibson Kente]], featuring [[Seipati Sothoane]].
+==The original text==
-It toured the black townships of the country for years, with up to four companies out at a time. Presented at Market Theatre (1980) - dramatizations of the conflict between political pressures and family/community solidarity.
+The musical explores dramatizations of the conflict between political pressures and family/community solidarity.
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−	by [[Gibson Kente]]. (Also known by a number of varieties of the name, often simply “The Load”) Hugely popular township musical written and first performed 1979. Toured the black townships of the country for years, with up to four companies out at a time, and was the first of his plays to be noticed by the non-black press. Unpublished. ''[[Mama and the Load]]'' at [[Market Theatre]] (1981*). Performed in the Concert Hall, [[Baxter Theatre]] in 1980, directed by [[Gibson Kente]], featuring [[Seipati Sothoane]].	+	by [[Gibson Kente]]. (Also known by a number of varieties of the name, often simply “The Load”)

		+	Hugely popular township musical written and first performed 1979. Toured the black townships of the country for years, with up to four companies out at a time, and was the first of his plays to be noticed by the non-black press. Unpublished. ''[[Mama and the Load]]'' at [[Market Theatre]] (1981*). Performed in the Concert Hall, [[Baxter Theatre]] in 1980, directed by [[Gibson Kente]], featuring [[Seipati Sothoane]].
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		+	It toured the black townships of the country for years, with up to four companies out at a time. Presented at Market Theatre (1980) - dramatizations of the conflict between political pressures and family/community solidarity.

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−	by [[Gibson Kente]]. (Also known by a number of varieties of the name, often simply “The Load”) Hugely popular township musical written and first performed 1979. Toured the black townships of the country for years, with up to four companies out at a time, and was the first of his plays to be noticed by the non-black press. Unpublished. ''[[Mama and the Load]]'' at [[Market Theatre]] (1981*)	+	by [[Gibson Kente]]. (Also known by a number of varieties of the name, often simply “The Load”) Hugely popular township musical written and first performed 1979. Toured the black townships of the country for years, with up to four companies out at a time, and was the first of his plays to be noticed by the non-black press. Unpublished. ''[[Mama and the Load]]'' at [[Market Theatre]] (1981*). Performed in the Concert Hall, [[Baxter Theatre]] in 1980, directed by [[Gibson Kente]], featuring [[Seipati Sothoane]].

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		+	by [[Gibson Kente]]. (Also known by a number of varieties of the name, often simply “The Load”) Hugely popular township musical written and first performed 1979. Toured the black townships of the country for years, with up to four companies out at a time, and was the first of his plays to be noticed by the non-black press. Unpublished. ''[[Mama and the Load]]'' at [[Market Theatre]] (1981*)
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