Touch My Blood

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Touch My Blood is a play by James Ngcobo .

Not to be confused with the 2018 album of the same name released by South African rapper AKA [1].

The orignal text

The play is a stage adaptation by James Ngcobo of Touch My Blood: The Early Years (2006)[2], the autobiography of journalist and author Fred Khumalo[3].

Performance history in South Africa

2009: The original production of Touch My Blood opened at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival and then played at the Market Theatre. Directed by James Ngcobo with Bheki Mkhwane, Hlengiwe Lushaba-Madlala, Zesuliwe Hadebe, Lesedi Job, Mothusi Magano, Andile Mngadi, Lunga Radebe, Lebo Toko. Set designed by Nadya Cohen, lighting by Wesley France.

Sources

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/touch-my-blood/9781415200049

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Khumalo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKA_(rapper)

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

Percy Zvomuya. 2009."The blood of our fathers", Mail & Guardian, 3 July, 2009.[[4]

The Star, 15 July 2009.



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