Toro: The African Dream

Toro: The African Dream is a 1987 play by Matsemela Manaka (1955-1998).

The original text

Published in Beyond the Echoes of Soweto: Five Plays by Matsemela Manaka (1997).

Performance history in South Africa

1987: A production of the play premiered at The Laager at the Market Theatre on 26 October. Directed by the author with music conceived by individual members of the production and arranged collectively, and the dances choreographed by Nomsa Manaka. The cast consisted of Ali Lhangela Hlongwane and Job Lefenyo Kubatsi with dancer Nomsa Manaka and musicians Peter Boroko, Moss Manaka and Rankitseng Ramela. The play also featured dancers drawn from the Soyikwa Dance Project.

Sources

Davis, Geoffrey V. 2003. p. 174.

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 Unpublished PhD thesis.

Various entries in the NELM catalogue.

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