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A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in ''Kunapipi'', Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.
 
A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in ''Kunapipi'', Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.
 
tion by [[Mothobi Mutloatse]] (1952-) and [[Corney Mabaso]] (1934-2009) of ''[[Baby,
 
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==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==

Revision as of 06:38, 11 January 2023

Baby, Come Duze is a musical play by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009).

The original text

The musical is based on Baby, Come Duze by Can Themba (1924-1968), a story using the new plurilingual "township language" that had arisen in the urban townships in the 1950s.

A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.

Translations and adaptations

Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical production by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of Baby, Come Duze in 1990.

Performance history in South Africa

1990: Performed at The Warehouse, Johannesburg by Bayete, Mara Louw and [[Patrick Shai].


Sources

Can Themba and Gopal S. Naransamy. 2002. Baby, Come Duze. Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1. [1].

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