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-by [[H.I.E. Dhlomo]]. (Also written [[Nonqause: The Girl who Killed to Save]], [[uNongqawuse: The Girl Who Killed to Save]], or simply [[The Girl Who Killed to Save]].) A version of the story of the tragic Xhosa starvation resulting from the slaughter of the cattle under the chief Kreli, in response to the visions of the prophetess Nongqause.
+by [[H.I.E. Dhlomo]]. See '''[[The Girl Who Killed to Save: Nongqawuse the Liberator]]'''
-Written in 193-35 as a reaction against the “white people’s version by [[Mary Waters]]. The first published play in English by a black writer in South Africa ([[Lovedale Press]], 1935).  Republished in ''[[H.I.E Dhlomo: Collected Works]]'' (Eds. [[Tim Cousins]] and [[Nic Visser]], [[Ravan Press]], 1985).
-== Other productions ==
-: Directed by [[Mfundo Tshazibane]], under the altered title of [[uNongqawuse: The Girl Who Killed to Save]] featuring the UCT final year Drama students in the [[Arena Theatre]], Cape Town.
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