Touch My Blood

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 (Penguin, 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 Rhodes Theatre at the National Arts Festival on July 3 and 4 and then opened at the Market Theatre on July 8 and running till 23 August. 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)

Patience Bambalele. 2009. "Fine novel now a play", Sowetan LIVE 11 June 2009 [4]

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.[5]

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