Nonqause: The Girl who Killed to Save

by H.I.E. Dhlomo. (Also written uNongqawuse: The Girl Who Killed to Save, or simply The Girl Who Killed to Save.) A version of the story of the tragic Xhosa starvation resulting from the slaughter of the cattle under the chief Kreli, in response to the visions of the prophetess Nongqause. Written in 193-35 as a reaction against the “white people’s version by Mary Waters. The first published play in English by a black writer in South Africa (Lovedale Press, 1935). Republished in H.I.E Dhlomo: Collected Works (Eds. Tim Cousins and Nic Visser, Ravan Press, 1985).

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2013: Directed by Mfundo Tshazibane featuring the UCT final year Drama students in the Arena Theatre, Cape Town.

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