The play opened in July and Delisile Gumbi, 22, from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal plays the lead role of Sarafina.
Delisile Gumbi, 22, from Newcastle in KwaZulu-Natal plays the role of Sarafina. In this scene she confronts apartheid police during a student protest.by Mbongeni Ngema about the 1976 Soweto uprising opened at the Playhouse Company in Durban in July.Gumbi says women should unite so they can fight gender-based violence. “As women we must unite and emulate the women of 1965 who fought for the liberation of this country.
Another powerful scene from the iconic Sarafina play depicting black students fighting for their right to equal education.Gumbi on stage depicting the powerful role of Sarafina.A Morris Isaacson High School shooting scene.is a proudly South African musical set during the 1976 uprisings in Soweto and deals with the “radicalisation of a young schoolgirl who becomes embroiled in the riots and is tortured by the apartheid police”.
The musical is set at the Morris Isaacson High School against the backdrop of students protesting against racial domination and being forced to use Afrikaans as a medium of instruction.Sarafina is on at the Playhouse Company in Durban until September 3READ MORE:
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