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[[Thabisong Youth Club]] was a community centre in Diepkloof, Soweto.

==History==

In 1974, Mrs [[M Makhudu]] formed the [[Thabisong Youth Club]] in Soweto, with the purpose of bringing youth off the streets to learn about the ways of their people and to teach them some of the traditional tribal dance which was gradually being lost. Many forms of dance were taught to the young people, including the unique South African dance bred out of the hardship of working in the mines, the Gumboot Dance.

Members of the youth club went on to form the [[Rishile Poets]], who performed songs and poetry around the townships of Soweto to nearly 15,000 people in two years. This company eventually became the [[Rishile Traditional Dancers]] in 1990 and then the [[Rishile Gumboot Dancers of Soweto]], combining the magical African rhythms of song and poetry with the excitement and exhilaration of the Gumboot Dance.

==Productions==

1986: ''[[Toshiba]]'', ''[[Ubuntu Akalahlwa]]'' and ''[[Dikeledi]]''

== Sources ==

[[Walter Greyvenstein|Greyvenstein, Walter]] 1988. ''The history and development of children's theatre in English in South Africa''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johannesburg: Rand Afrikaans University.

https://toothillschool.co.uk/data/files/dept/music/y7_gumboot_history.pdf

Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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-: ''[[Toshiba]]'', ''[[Ubuntu Akalahlwa]]'' and ''[[Dikeledi]]''
+: ''[[Toshiba]]'' (created and directed by [[Sabata Sesu]]), ''[[Ubuntu Akalahlwa]]'' (by [[Winston Buthelezi]] and [[Butiza Ndlela]]) and ''[[Dikeledi]]'' (by [[Willie Tshaka]]), presented at Thabisong Creche in Diepkloof.
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