Baby, Come Duze
Baby, Come Duze is a musical play by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009).
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The original text
The musical is based on Baby, Come Duze by Can Themba (1924-1968), a story using the new plurilingual "township language" that had arisen in the urban townships in the 1950s.
A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.
Translations and adaptations
Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical production by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of Baby, Come Duze in 1990.
Performance history in South Africa
1990: Performed at The Warehouse, Johannesburg by Bayete, Mara Louw and Patrick Shai.
Sources
Can Themba and Gopal S. Naransamy. 2002. Baby, Come Duze. Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1. [1].
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