Koffie en kondensmelk
Koffie en kondensmelk (“Coffee and Condensed Milk”) is an Afrikaans play by Melvin Whitebooi (1956–2011).
The original text
A play about apartheid in beauty competitions, and the absurdity of having a white Miss South Africa and a black Miss Africa South, it is based on the fact that it was not until the 1990s that all persons of all races were allowed to compete in a single Miss South Africa competition. Prior to that, people of colour competed in the Miss Africa South pageant, (renamed Miss Black South Africa in 1977).[1]. Whitbooi's play adresses
1986: First performed by the Cape Flats Players in 1986.
Sources
Melvin Whitebooi An obituary by Peter Braaf in Tydskrif vir Letterkunde 49 (1) 2012
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