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John Kani risked his life to tell stories of apartheid — at 81, he's still at it
The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, often in collaboration with the late ...
KUOW17d
John Kani risked his life to tell stories of apartheid — at 81, he's still at it
"The birth of John's theater life was in that crucible of apartheid ... Jack doesn't feel guilt over the oppression of Black South Africans during apartheid, because he says he never physically ...
An apartheid-era song Elon Musk has decried as anti-white is headline news again in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An old anti-apartheid song that was a call for Black people to stand up against oppression and ...
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Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92
The collision of those worlds had serious consequences during apartheid, not just for Fugard ... quite realize the empathic project that his life is." Fugard said both his mother and the work ...
Winnipeg Free Press23d
South Africa’s giant playwright Athol Fugard, whose searing works challenged apartheid, dies aged 92
Five workshop members were imprisoned on Robben Island, where South Africa kept political prisoners during apartheid ... was “a definitive event of my life. I first went in there as the result ...
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Play about Winnie Mandela explores Black women's apartheid struggles
A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela ... gets to answer questions about her life and the decisions she made during an encounter with the women. The play, which also draws on ...
Independent Online20d
Athol Fugard: The Playwright who challenged apartheid through art
Athol approached life and all those he met along the way ... that examined the conditions under which Black people lived during Apartheid. He said this immediately attracted the interest of ...