Kaza Kamba Pan African Theatre Festival

The Kaza Kamba Pan African Theatre Festival was a four-day festival held at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg.

Also found as KAZA KAMBA Pan-African Theatre Festival in some sources.

The festival

Initiated by mehlo-maya (eye-to-the-sun) and The Market Theatre and curated by Bobby Rodwell and Lesego Rampolokeng in 2024, it ran at the The Market Theatre from 14 to 17 November.

The objective of the four-day cross-border festival was to invite artists from SADC countries to share creative projects and ideas, network, and strengthen ties between the countries while giving audiences an opportunity to immerse themselves in the stories of our region. Seven southern African countries were represented through the events in the festival.

The event's programme encompassed theatre, music, workshops, film screenings and talks, including:

Dear Mr Sobukwe (an interactive installation), Lala Ngenxeba/Of Love and Revolution a play by Monageng ‘Vice’ Motshabi, MoRa (a musical performance featuring drummer Tumi Mogorosi and performance poet Lesego Rampolokeng), Molly Street (a Zimbabwean play written and directed by Peter Churu), A Vos do Tambor – Scream of the Drums (an interactive musical performance performed by Mozambican traditional musician, Vintani Nafasse, and two actors, Horacio Zacarias Mazuze and Rafael Michel Vilanculos). Among the films shown in the programme was Skulls of My People (a film by Vincent Moloi about the Namibian genocide between 1904 – 1907).

Sources

https://markettheatre.co.za/kaza-kamba-pan-african-theatre-festival/