Shwele Bawo!
Shwele Bawo! is a one-woman play by Motshabi Tyelele
Also known as Shwele Bawo: A Grave Injustice.
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The original text
The play tells how wife and mother, Dikeledi Nkabinde, finds herself locked-up for the murder of her Black Economic Empowered husband.
Performed in 2008 and published in At This Stage: Plays from Post-apartheid South Africa, edited by Greg Homann. Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2009.
Performance history in South Africa
The author appeared in a production of this play at Theatre on the Square, Sandton, in January 2008.
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Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
2008: Performed at Theatre on the Square with Motshabi Tyelele in January. Directed by Lynne Maree. Designs by Sarah Roberts.
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