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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
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In part about a young black girl who is spotted by promoters to join a white music group, but her father refuses as he doesn't want to see his daughter as an actor or as a singer.
  
 
==Performance history in South Africa==
 
==Performance history in South Africa==
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1975. First performed, with [[Darlington Michaels]] in the cast.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 13:43, 2 February 2024

by Gibson Kente (1932-2004). A "Township musical" by the master of the genre.

The original text

In part about a young black girl who is spotted by promoters to join a white music group, but her father refuses as he doesn't want to see his daughter as an actor or as a singer.

Performance history in South Africa

1975. First performed, with Darlington Michaels in the cast.

Sources

(See Gosher, 1988)

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

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