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by [[Pieter Fourie]]. Full-length play about the Zulu king Chaka.  Published by [[Perskor]] in 1976.
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''[[Tsjaka]]'' is an [[Afrikaans]] stage play in verse by [[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-).
  
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==The original text==
  
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A play in the style of a Greek tragedy about the life of the Zulu king and military leader '''Shaka kaSenzangakhona''' (c. 1787 –1828)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka], better known outside [[Zulu]] culture as "[[Shaka Zulu]]" or "[[Shaka]]". Also found as [[Chaka]] and "[[Tsjaka]]" (in [[Afrikaans]]).  Written while Fourie was a third year student at Stellenbosch University. Completed in  1963, it was published as in both English and [[Afrikaans]] in by [[Perskor]], Johannesburg,  in 1976.
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==Translations and adaptations==
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
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The play has not, as far as can be ascertained, been performed in South Africa. 
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== Sources ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka
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[[Nico Luwes]] 2012. ''[[Pieter Fourie]] (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010''. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. [http://etd.uovs.ac.za/ETD-db//theses/available/etd-08102012-152250/unrestricted/LuwesNJ.pdf]
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Revision as of 07:00, 26 September 2017

Tsjaka is an Afrikaans stage play in verse by Pieter Fourie (1940-).

The original text

A play in the style of a Greek tragedy about the life of the Zulu king and military leader Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787 –1828)[1], better known outside Zulu culture as "Shaka Zulu" or "Shaka". Also found as Chaka and "Tsjaka" (in Afrikaans). Written while Fourie was a third year student at Stellenbosch University. Completed in 1963, it was published as in both English and Afrikaans in by Perskor, Johannesburg, in 1976.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

The play has not, as far as can be ascertained, been performed in South Africa.

Sources

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

Nico Luwes 2012. Pieter Fourie (1940-) se bydrae as Afrikaanse dramaturg en kunsbestuurder: 1965-2010. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Bloemfontein: University of the Free State, pp. [2]


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