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| − | by [[Maishe Maponya]] (1951-2021). | + | ''[[Jika]]'' is a one-act play by [[Maishe Maponya]] (1951-2021). |
| − | In this play two student leaders, who have escaped death in a police raid on a schools boycott meeting, take hold of their own future and risk their lives. Hiding out in a hostel, they befriend an old man who takes them to the "little villages of the Northern Transvaal". From here they return matured - and political activists. One of them challenges a priest and it becomes risky to stay in the hostel. In an attempt to skip the country, they are arrested. One-act. Cast: men. Published in ''[[Doing Plays for a Change]]'' by [[Wits University Press]]. | + | ==The original text== |
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| + | In this play two student leaders, who have escaped death in a police raid on a schools boycott meeting, take hold of their own future and risk their lives. Hiding out in a hostel, they befriend an old man who takes them to the "little villages of the Northern Transvaal". From here they return matured - and political activists. One of them challenges a priest and it becomes risky to stay in the hostel. In an attempt to skip the country, they are arrested. One-act. Cast: men. | ||
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| + | Published in ''[[Doing Plays for a Change]]'' by [[Wits University Press]]. | ||
== Performance history in South Africa == | == Performance history in South Africa == | ||
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| + | 1991: A re-worked version presented at the [[Funda Centre]], with [[Vusi Kunene]] and [[Alfred Lekalakala]]. Staged in Soweto as part of a project to forge links between [[Funda Arts Centre]] and the [[University of the Witwatersrand]]. | ||
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2015: [[969 Festival]]. | 2015: [[969 Festival]]. | ||
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Advertisement in the programme of the Wits student production of ''[[See How They Run]]'' in 1991. | Advertisement in the programme of the Wits student production of ''[[See How They Run]]'' in 1991. | ||
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| + | [[Andile Xaba]]. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis. | ||
''[[Sunday World]]'', 19 July 2015. | ''[[Sunday World]]'', 19 July 2015. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:40, 31 January 2024
Jika is a one-act play by Maishe Maponya (1951-2021).
The original text
In this play two student leaders, who have escaped death in a police raid on a schools boycott meeting, take hold of their own future and risk their lives. Hiding out in a hostel, they befriend an old man who takes them to the "little villages of the Northern Transvaal". From here they return matured - and political activists. One of them challenges a priest and it becomes risky to stay in the hostel. In an attempt to skip the country, they are arrested. One-act. Cast: men.
Published in Doing Plays for a Change by Wits University Press.
Performance history in South Africa
1991: A re-worked version presented at the Funda Centre, with Vusi Kunene and Alfred Lekalakala. Staged in Soweto as part of a project to forge links between Funda Arts Centre and the University of the Witwatersrand.
2015: 969 Festival.
Sources
Advertisement in the programme of the Wits student production of See How They Run in 1991.
Andile Xaba. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.
Sunday World, 19 July 2015.
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