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	[[Sandile Memela]]. 1998. Tribute to Manaka , ''[[City Press]]'' 2 August 1998		[[Sandile Memela]]. 1998. Tribute to Manaka , ''[[City Press]]'' 2 August 1998

−	[[Shap!]] ([[Soweto History and Archives Project]])[https://shap.org.za/archives-and-public-history/images/]	+	''[[Shap!]]'' (''[[Soweto History and Archives Project]]'')[https://shap.org.za/archives-and-public-history/images/]

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	[[Sandile Memela]]. 1998. Tribute to Manaka , ''[[City Press]]'' 2 August 1998		[[Sandile Memela]]. 1998. Tribute to Manaka , ''[[City Press]]'' 2 August 1998
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		+	[[Shap!]] ([[Soweto History and Archives Project]])[https://shap.org.za/archives-and-public-history/images/]
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	[[Ian Steadman]] 1985a. ''Drama and social consciousness: themes in Black theatre on the Witwatersrand until 1984''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[University of the Witwatersrand]].		[[Ian Steadman]] 1985a. ''Drama and social consciousness: themes in Black theatre on the Witwatersrand until 1984''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: [[University of the Witwatersrand]].

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 [[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]].
-Soyikwa African Theatre Productions: Folder containing, previews, reviews, press cuttings, and information sheets on productions staged by the theatre.
+''Soyikwa African Theatre Productions'': Folder containing, previews, reviews, press cuttings, and information sheets on productions staged by the theatre.
 Various entries in the [[NELM]] catalogue.

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 [[Ali Khangela Hlongwane]]. 1988. The Soyikwa Institute of African Theatre and Its Rural Theatre Project. ''[[African Languages and Cultures]]'' (Vol. 1, No. 2 (1988), pp. 163-167 [[Taylor & Francis]], Ltd.
-[[Robert Kavanagh]]  1985. ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa''.  London: Zed Books.
+[[Robert Kavanagh]]  1985. ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa''.  London: [[Zed Books]].
 [[Loren Kruger]] 1999. ''The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910''.  London: [[Routledge]]

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	[[Ali Khangela Hlongwane]]. 1988. The Soyikwa Institute of African Theatre and Its Rural Theatre Project. ''[[African Languages and Cultures]]'' (Vol. 1, No. 2 (1988), pp. 163-167 [[Taylor & Francis]], Ltd.		[[Ali Khangela Hlongwane]]. 1988. The Soyikwa Institute of African Theatre and Its Rural Theatre Project. ''[[African Languages and Cultures]]'' (Vol. 1, No. 2 (1988), pp. 163-167 [[Taylor & Francis]], Ltd.
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		+	[[Robert Kavanagh]] 1985. ''Theatre and Cultural Struggle in South Africa''. London: Zed Books.

	[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. ''The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910''. London: [[Routledge]]		[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. ''The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910''. London: [[Routledge]]

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 ==The company==
-Influenced by the [[Black Consciousness Movement]] of the late 1960s and directly inspired by the 1978 youth uprising, it was founded by Manaka in 1978. Conceived as an instrument in the emerging cultural struggle and a workshop project, it worked with young people in Soweto and doing outreach work in rural areas. The original members included [[Ronnie Mkwanazi]], [[Danny Moitse]], [[David Sebe]], and [[Makarious Sebe]]. Although faced with limited resources Manaka worked with determination with the likes of [[Ray Hlongwane]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Maishe Maponya]], [[Motumi Makhene]], [[John Ledwaba]], [[Ali Hlongwane]] and [[Job Kubatsi]]. The idea was to found and develop a project that what is variouly referred to as the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Art]] or the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Theatre]]).
+Influenced by the [[Black Consciousness Movement]] of the late 1960s and directly inspired by the 1978 youth uprising, it was founded by Manaka in 1978. Conceived as an instrument in the emerging [[cultural struggle]] and functioning as a workshop project, it engaged with young people in Soweto and did outreach work in rural areas. The original members included [[Ronnie Mkwanazi]], [[Danny Moitse]], [[David Sebe]], and [[Makarious Sebe]]. Although faced with limited resources Manaka worked with determination with the likes of [[Ray Hlongwane]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Maishe Maponya]], [[Motumi Makhene]], [[John Ledwaba]], [[Ali Hlongwane]] and [[Job Kubatsi]]. The idea was to found and develop a project that what is variouly referred to as the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Art]] or the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Theatre]]).
 According to Hlongwane (1988), the project was named after [[Wole Soyinka]], but the title also carried the symbolic meaning of "We shall overcome".

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-[[Soyikwa Players]] is a theatre company founded and run by [[Matsemela Manaka]] (1955-1998).
+[[Soyikwa Players]] is a progressive theatre company founded and run by [[Matsemela Manaka]] (1955-1998).
 Also called '''[[Soyikwa Theatre]]''', '''[[Soyikwa Drama Group]]''',  '''[[Soyikwa Dance Project]]''', or simply '''[[Soyikwa]]'''.
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 ==The company==
-Founded  as a rural project by Manaka in 1978, its original members included [[Ronnie Mkwanazi]], [[Danny Moitse]], [[David Sebe]], and [[Makarious Sebe]]. Although faced with limited resources Manaka worked with determination with the likes of [[Ray Hlongwane]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Maishe Maponya]], [[Motumi Makhene]], [[John Ledwaba]], [[Ali Hlongwane]] and [[Job Kubatsi]] to found and develop what is variosly referred to as the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Art]] or the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Theatre]]).
+Influenced by the [[Black Consciousness Movement]] of the later 1960s and directly inspired by the 1978 student uprising, it was founded by Manaka in 1978. Conceived as an instrument in the ncutltural struggle and a workshop project, it worked with young people in Soweto and doing outreach work in rural areas. The original members included [[Ronnie Mkwanazi]], [[Danny Moitse]], [[David Sebe]], and [[Makarious Sebe]]. Although faced with limited resources Manaka worked with determination with the likes of [[Ray Hlongwane]], [[Sibongile Khumalo]], [[Maishe Maponya]], [[Motumi Makhene]], [[John Ledwaba]], [[Ali Hlongwane]] and [[Job Kubatsi]]. The idea was to found and develop a project that what is variouly referred to as the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Art]] or the [[Soyikwa Institute for African Theatre]]).
 According to Hlongwane (1988), the project was named after [[Wole Soyinka]], but the title also carried the symbolic meaning of "We shall overcome".

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
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		+	[[Ali Khangela Hlongwane]]. 1988. The Soyikwa Institute of African Theatre and Its Rural Theatre Project. ''[[African Languages and Cultures]]'' (Vol. 1, No. 2 (1988), pp. 163-167 [[Taylor & Francis]], Ltd.

	[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. ''The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910''. London: [[Routledge]]		[[Loren Kruger]] 1999. ''The Drama of South Africa: Plays, Pageants and Publics Since 1910''. London: [[Routledge]]