Nyoni

Nyoni is an Afrikaans play by Louw Odendaal and Carl van Heerden.

It tells of a girl's conflict between her love for Debula and her respect for her father, who has betrothed her to an unattractive crippled man to pay off debt. Before she can elope she drowns accidentally.

Published by Voortrekkerpers, 1967.

Translated into Zulu as uNyoni by M.B. Khumalo in 1986.

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