John Kani honoured with international award for advancing Shakespeare PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi - 26 April 2021
Gqeberha’s titan of theatre, John Kani, has added another international accolade to his already highly decorated hat.
Kani, 77, was virtually presented with the Pragnell Shakespeare Birthday Award on Saturday night.
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The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes.
Adebajo originally comes from Nigeria and when he was offered a Rhodes Scholarship in 1990, he accepted, despite harsh backlash from his family; a family that felt it was wrong for Adebajo to be accepting this, however prestigious, award created by the infamous imperialist, Cecil John Rhodes.
Adebejo accepted nonetheless and has since then made a name for himself as an esteemed academic and writer. Adebajo describes something of his motives and feelings towards his decision to accept the scholarship and the subsequent success he would have in his career in his latest work:
I felt that I should accept even the crumbs from the great imperialist’s gluttonous feast, but promised myself that, having completed my studies, I would bite the hand that fed me by persuing anti-imperial causes and eventually “trying” the self-styled “Colossus”: Cecil John Rhodes.
Fun activities to do this Freedom Day Updated
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Stuck on ideas of what to do this Freedom Day? Don t fret. We have put together fun activities you can do to commemorate the day.
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Each year, South Africa commemorates Freedom Day on 27 April. This is the day that the country held its first democratic elections in 1994. Prior to these elections, black South Africans were denied their right to vote.
Why not commemorate the day by learning more about the South African history?
We have put together a list of movies you can watch and places you can visit if you are around Gauteng.
Mary Twala Mhlongo (1939-2020) in “This Is Not a Burial. It’s a Resurrection.” (IMDb)
I’m Black and African. But I have never seen mud and dung being mixed together to replaster a mud hut’s floor or been present for a sheep shearing ceremony until I watched Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s, “This Is Not a Burial. It’s a Resurrection.”
This first narrative feature film shot in Lesotho by a Mosotho director is also the small landlocked country’s first submission to the Oscars in the category of Best International Feature Film.
Sprawling and culturally lush, the film juxtaposes existential questions and the narrative of one small woman, Mantoa, played by Mary Twala Mhlongo, a prolific and beloved octogenarian actor. Ms. Twala is best known to an international audience for her role in the star-studded “Sarafina!
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