She and her mother wrote a new book and adapted this work into a theatre production called Nobuntu which will be staged at the Johannesburg Theatre on Mother’s Day.
“uNOBUNTU”, is a portrait of the quintessential, post-millennial South African family; a devoted daughter helps her mother fulfil her life-long dream of publishing a treasured 40-year-old manuscript. This story of hope, and triumph, goes against the backdrop of prevailing stereotypes about the culture of literacy in Africa. Instead, it lifts a contextual, hidden narrative about black women writing their lives into existence and subsequently shaping intellectual traditions. Let us listen to the traile Our next guest will help us unpack some of the themes they were hoping to capture with the production and how her mother used poetry as a form of healing from an experience that many women go through but remain silent about when it comes to abrupt loss. To tell us more about these projects, we are joined by…
Guest(Studio): Sihle-Isipho Nontshokweni - Best-selling Author (Wanda, the Brave) and Head Production at the Ultimate Book Show
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By SAfmShe and her mother wrote a new book and adapted this work into a theatre production called Nobuntu which will be staged at the Johannesburg Theatre on Mother’s Day.
“uNOBUNTU”, is a portrait of the quintessential, post-millennial South African family; a devoted daughter helps her mother fulfil her life-long dream of publishing a treasured 40-year-old manuscript. This story of hope, and triumph, goes against the backdrop of prevailing stereotypes about the culture of literacy in Africa. Instead, it lifts a contextual, hidden narrative about black women writing their lives into existence and subsequently shaping intellectual traditions. Let us listen to the traile Our next guest will help us unpack some of the themes they were hoping to capture with the production and how her mother used poetry as a form of healing from an experience that many women go through but remain silent about when it comes to abrupt loss. To tell us more about these projects, we are joined by…
Guest(Studio): Sihle-Isipho Nontshokweni - Best-selling Author (Wanda, the Brave) and Head Production at the Ultimate Book Show