The House of Truth & Bloke and His American Bantu
Siphiwo Mahala
Belletristik / Dramatik
Beschreibung
Siphiwo Mahala delves into the lives of iconic figures from South Africa’s tumultuous past in this remarkable collection of plays. The House of Truth is a gripping portrait of the complex journalist and playwright Can Themba. This one-man play weaves together elements of Themba’s life and career, recreating the excitment and pathos of the DRUM era and Sophiatown under apartheid. Themba is brought to life as an ordinary person with human flaws and attributes that both tragic and inspirational. In Bloke and His American Bantu, Mahala brings to life the extraordinary friendship between exiled writer Bloke Modisane and American poet Langston Hughes. Through a reimagined correspondence, the two-person play deftly explores how a simple friendship blossomed into a catalyst for international solidarity and cultural exchange between South Africa and Black America. Both plays are set against backdrops of oppression and explore themes of identity, creativity and resilience. Mahala’s masterful storytelling illuminates the human spirit’s enduring power to inspire and uplift, even in the darkest of times.
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Defiance Campaign, Sophiatown, exile, DRUM Magazine, correspondence, Sharpeville massacre, civil rights movement, black writers, Harlem Renaissance, letters, Pan Africanism, apartheid, anti-apartheid