UNongqause
Published by Lovedale in 1924. Produced as the second production by the Bantu Dramatic Society in 1933/4?**.
The original text
Seemingly originally written in English and entitled Nongqause: a drama of the cattle killing of 1857 (Playscript held by NELM: Small Collections [Collection: WATERS, Mary]: 2011. 289. 1.)
Mary W. Waters. 1924. Nongqause Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1924. A play written in isiXhosa about the starving of the Xhosa as a result of the killing of the cattle as prophesied by the young prophet [Nongqause]]. The play focusses on their redemption by the missionaries.
Nongqause: a drama of the cattle killing of 1857. Playscript held by NELM: Small Collections [Collection: WATERS, Mary]: 2011. 289. 1.
Mary W. Waters. 1924. Nongqause Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1924.
U-Nongqause: Isiganeko so ku xelwa kwe nkomo 1857.
Sources
Nongqause: a drama of the cattle killing of 1857. Playscript held by NELM: Small Collections [Collection: WATERS, Mary]: 2011. 289. 1.
Mary W. Waters. 1924. Nongqause Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1924.
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