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==Performance history in South Africa== | ==Performance history in South Africa== | ||
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 Unpublished PhD thesis.
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