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==Performance history in South Africa==
 
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First performed in 1990. Cast members included: [[Kholofela Kola]], [[Jabu Nkosi]] and [[Sandile Dlamini]]. The lead guitar was played by [[Peter Molobedi]] and the bass by [[Themba Mokoena]].
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Latest revision as of 13:19, 2 February 2024

Mgewu Ndini is a play by Gibson Kente (1932-2004).

The original text

The play centres around a boy who is a ‘won’t work’, so much is this boy a problem that his father wishes the boy could die.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

First performed in 1990. Cast members included: Kholofela Kola, Jabu Nkosi and Sandile Dlamini. The lead guitar was played by Peter Molobedi and the bass by Themba Mokoena.

Sources

Andile Xaba. 2021. 'Collective memory and the construction of a historical narrative, analysis and interpretation of selected Soweto-based community plays (1984–1994)'. Unpublished PhD thesis.

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