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==The original text==
 
==The original text==
  
The musical is based on ''[[Baby, Come Duze]]'' by [[Can Themba]] (), a 1959 story , originally published in the musical adapted as a stage musical adaptaCome Duze]]'', a 1959 "story" using the "new township language" by [[Can Themba]]was a 1959 story by . Written using the "new township language"
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The musical is based on ''[[Baby, Come Duze]]'' by [[Can Themba]] (), a story using the new plurilingual "township language" that had arisen in the urban townships in the 1950s.   
  
 
A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in ''Kunapipi'', Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.
 
A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in ''Kunapipi'', Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.

Revision as of 06:37, 11 January 2023

Baby, Come Duze is a musical play by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009).

The original text

The musical is based on Baby, Come Duze by Can Themba (), a story using the new plurilingual "township language" that had arisen in the urban townships in the 1950s.

A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002.

tion by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of [[Baby, Themba's story was (A version of the story was re-published - with photographs by Gopal S. Naransamy - in Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1, in 2002).

Translations and adaptations

Themba's story was adapted as a stage musical production by Mothobi Mutloatse (1952-) and Corney Mabaso (1934-2009) of Baby, Come Duze in 1990.

Performance history in South Africa

1990: Performed at The Warehouse, Johannesburg by Bayete, Mara Louw and [[Patrick Shai].


Sources

Can Themba and Gopal S. Naransamy. 2002. Baby, Come Duze. Kunapipi, Volume 24 Issue 1. [1].

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