Mansell George Upham

Mansell George Upham is a Cape Town researcher, jurist and micro historian, specializing in South African colonial history.

Also credited as Mansell G. Upham or Mansell Upham

Biography

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

Since 2019 he has been writing a blog called Muatze, providing "Cape of Good Hope research output … creative utterances … and musings miscellaneous …"

Among the entries are various items of interest to theatre and performance researchers, for example entries on Andrew Geddes Bain, George Rex and the performances of the seminal piece Kaatje Kekkelbek, or Life Among the Hottentots (1838-1844?).

Sources

https://mansellupham.wordpress.com/about/

https://mansellupham.wordpress.com/author/mansellupham

Kaatje Kekkelbek, or Life Among the Hottentots – by Andrew Geddes Bain (1797-1864) featuring verbatim the original text (plus expanded English text) with explanatory notes by Mansell George Upham. Posted on September 19, 2020 by Upham on his historical blog Muatze[1]

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