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Meaning "nurse", this [[isiZulu]] word is found in the titles for two very different theatrical events:
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[[Umongikazi]], meaning "nurse" in  [[isiZulu]], as/in the titles for two very different theatrical events:
  
  
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More generally found as '''''[[Umongikazi: The Nurse]]''''', this is a highly politicized play about the racism and incompetence in hospitals and makes a call for unionisation.  
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'''See ''[[Umongikazi: The Nurse]]'''''
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, this is a highly politicized play about the racism and incompetence in hospitals and makes a call for unionisation.  
  
 
Published in ''[[Doing Plays for Change: Five Works]]'' (Edited by [[Ian Steadman]], 1995), ''[[Four Plays]]'' by [[Zakes Mda]] and ''[[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]].
 
Published in ''[[Doing Plays for Change: Five Works]]'' (Edited by [[Ian Steadman]], 1995), ''[[Four Plays]]'' by [[Zakes Mda]] and ''[[Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays]]'' by [[Wits University Press]].

Revision as of 11:01, 8 April 2024

Umongikazi, meaning "nurse" in isiZulu, as/in the titles for two very different theatrical events:


Umongikazi: a Zulu performance event

See Peter Larlham, 1984.


Umongikazi: a play by Maishe Maponya

See Umongikazi: The Nurse


, this is a highly politicized play about the racism and incompetence in hospitals and makes a call for unionisation.

Published in Doing Plays for Change: Five Works (Edited by Ian Steadman, 1995), Four Plays by Zakes Mda and Black South African Women: An Anthology of Plays by Wits University Press.


1983: First performed at the Market Theatre by the Bahumutsi Players, directed by Maishe Maponya with Gcina Mhlope.

1983: Toured Britain and Germany in the same year.


Produced at the Market Theatre, date unknown. (NELM catalogue: [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 32. 9. 223).


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