Tjaka
Tjaka is an Afrikaans stage play in verse by Pieter Fourie (1940-).
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A play in the style of a Greek tragedy about the life of the Zulu king and military leader Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787 –1828), better known outside Zulu culture as "Shaka Zulu" or "Shaka" in English and "Tsjaka" in Afrikaans. Written while Fourie was a third year student at Stellenbosch University. Completed in 1963, it was published in Johannesburg by Perskor in 1976.
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Performance history in South Africa
The play has not, as far as can be ascertained, been performed in South Africa.
Sources
Nico Luwes 2010. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. 123-125[1]
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