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Kwaito artists did not realise that they had the power to eclipse politicians as “leaders of society” and, at the same time, redefine the future they would live in and raise their own children.
All the heroic icons of the struggle, especially Robert Sobukwe, Steve Biko and Nelson Mandela are dead. They only live in the ideals and principles that have not been translated into reality. It is a monumental failure.
Artists, from playwrights novelists, painters to moviemakers, have played a major role in keeping the story of the June 16 1976 Uprising alive. Fred Khumalo looks at some of the more recent works of art inspired by and in memory of the Soweto Revolution.
It is always refreshing when plays that tell such emotionally weighty stories are accompanied by song and dance. That offers the viewer some relief from the inevitable roller coaster of emotions conjured by works of this nature.
They came back home with an unparalleled sense of entitlement. Like minions, we heaped praise on them as our saviours and watched with gormless glee as they assumed airs.