Walter Nhlapo

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Walter Nhlapo (died 1967). Theatre reviewer and music critic.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Wrote on theatre, jazz and entertainment for The Bantu World in the late 1930s and early 1940s, on occasion under the byline “Critic at Large”.

He was particularly critical of the popularity of jazz and vaudeville, seeing greater beauty in the (European) drama.

Sources

From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede [1].

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