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In 1998 the Baxter Theatre created the annual [[Ikhwezi Community Theatre Festival]] to host a selection of the township productions.
 
In 1998 the Baxter Theatre created the annual [[Ikhwezi Community Theatre Festival]] to host a selection of the township productions.
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[[Gay Morris]]. 2007. Townships, identity and collective theatre making by young South Africans: theatre as intervention. [[South African Theatre Journal]][https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC110998https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/EJC110998]

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The term Township theatre refers to theatre and performance events created and performed by black South Africans living in the townships that surround cities and and towns of the country.

The so-called "locations" or "townships were largely created in the 20th century under the apartheid shadow,

The Ikhwezi Community Theatre Festival, Cape Town

In 1998 the Baxter Theatre created the annual Ikhwezi Community Theatre Festival to host a selection of the township productions.


Sources

Gay Morris. 2007. Townships, identity and collective theatre making by young South Africans: theatre as intervention. South African Theatre Journal[1]