A New Song
A New Song is a play by Zakes Mofokeng.
The original text
A New Song is a moving story of one man's (Sello's) struggle to succeed on his own terms. As a musician, Sello would rather not play than be ignored by audiences.
Published in Totem voices : plays from the black world repertory, edited with an introduction by Paul Carter Harrison. New York : Grove Press, 1989.
A New Song was first premiered at the Cultural Resistance Festival in Botswana in 1982. Since then the play has been staged in more than 16 countries, and has been translated into German as well being prescribed for drama students at the University of Texas in Austin.
Performance histroy in South Africa
Performed at the 1999 Windybrow Arts Festival.
Sources
SACat: A union catalogue of items held by Southern African libraries.
Sowetan, 8 March 1999.
Return to
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
Return to PLAYS IV: Pageants and public performances
Return to South African Festivals and Competitions
Return to The ESAT Entries
Return to Main Page
