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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
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She did the choreography for [[Wole Soyinka]]’s ''[[Death and the King’s Horseman]]'' in 1992, ''[[Daughters of Nebo: An African Opera]]'' and [[Mandla Langa]]'s ''[[Milestones (musical)]]'' in 1999.  
 
She did the choreography for [[Wole Soyinka]]’s ''[[Death and the King’s Horseman]]'' in 1992, ''[[Daughters of Nebo: An African Opera]]'' and [[Mandla Langa]]'s ''[[Milestones (musical)]]'' in 1999.  
  
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In 2004 she produced ''[[Goree]]'' at the Barney Simon Theatre, [[Market Theatre]], as a tribute to her late husband.
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In 2004 she produced ''[[Goree]]'' at the [[Barney Simon Theatre]], [[Market Theatre]], as a tribute to her late husband.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 17:17, 31 October 2026

Nomsa Manaka (19*-) Choreographer, dancer.

Nomsa was married to Matsemela Manaka. Also known as Nomsa Kupi Manaka

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She did the choreography for Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman in 1992, Daughters of Nebo: An African Opera and Mandla Langa's Milestones (musical) in 1999.

In 2004 she produced Goree at the Barney Simon Theatre, Market Theatre, as a tribute to her late husband.

Sources

National Arts Festival programmes, 1992 and 1999.

Sunday Independent, 28 March 2004.


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