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Date de parution
18 mars 2019
Nombre de lectures
2
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9781990922046
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
10 Mo
The Botsotso literary journal started in 1996 as a monthly 4 page insert in the New Nation, an independent anti-apartheid South African weekly and reached over 80,000 people at a time – largely politisized black workers and youth – with a selection of poems, short stories and short essays that reflected the deep changes taking place in the country at that time. Since the closure of the New Nation in 1999, the journal has evolved into a stand-alone compilation featuring the same mix of genres, and with the addition of photo essays and reviews. The Botsotso editorial policy remains committed to creating a mix of voices which highlight the diverse spectrum of South African identities and languages, particularly those that are dedicated to radical expression and examinations of South Africa's complex society.
Botsotso 20: Drama. The Dramas of Life is an anthology of eight South African plays drawn from the last decade (2008 -18) engages with personal dilemmas and social realities. The themes reflect the general unravelling of the 1994 political settlement as racism, poverty and inequality, patriarchy, violence against women and LGBT people, the failure to provide quality education and high levels of corruption expose widening fault lines. They display great energy and dramatic virtuosity in their exploration of these and other themes and create vivid characters who transcend the rhetorical. The plays included are "Isithunzi" by Sipho Zakwe, "Sleeping Dogs" by Simphiwe Vikilahle, "The Good Candidate" by Hans Pienaar, "Shoes and Coups" by Palesa Mazamisa, "Book Marks" by Allan Kolski Horwitz, "The Couch" by Sjaka Septembir, "Iziyalo Zikamama" by the Botsotso Ensemble and "Finding Me" by Moeketsi Kgotle.
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Botsotso 20: Drama. The Dramas of Life is an anthology of eight South African plays drawn from the last decade (2008 -18) engages with personal dilemmas and social realities. The themes reflect the general unravelling of the 1994 political settlement as racism, poverty and inequality, patriarchy, violence against women and LGBT people, the failure to provide quality education and high levels of corruption expose widening fault lines. They display great energy and dramatic virtuosity in their exploration of these and other themes and create vivid characters who transcend the rhetorical. The plays included are "Isithunzi" by Sipho Zakwe, "Sleeping Dogs" by Simphiwe Vikilahle, "The Good Candidate" by Hans Pienaar, "Shoes and Coups" by Palesa Mazamisa, "Book Marks" by Allan Kolski Horwitz, "The Couch" by Sjaka Septembir, "Iziyalo Zikamama" by the Botsotso Ensemble and "Finding Me" by Moeketsi Kgotle.
Publié par
Date de parution
18 mars 2019
Nombre de lectures
2
EAN13
9781990922046
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
10 Mo
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Botsotso 20
Fîrs pubîsed by Bososo în 2019
Box 30952 Braamoneîn 2017 Emaî: bososo@arsînk.co.za Websîe: www.bososo.org.za
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Edîorîa board: Aan Koskî Horwîz, Sîpîwe ka Ngwenya, ïke Mbonenî Muîa Desîgn, ayou and make up: Vîvîenne Preson
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CONTENTS
ISITHUNZI–Sîpo Zakwe
SLEEPING DOGS–Sîmpîwe Vîkîae
THE GOOD CANDIDATE–Hans Pîenaar
SHOES AND COUPS–Paesa Mazamîsa
BOOK MARKS–Aan Koskî Horwîz
THE COUCH–Sjaka Sepembîr
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IZIYALO ZIKAMAMA–194Bososo Ensembe
FINDING ME–Moekesî Kgoe
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THE DRAMAS OF LIFE . . .
xamînîng e sae o paywrîîng în Sou Arîca over e pas Iteen years, one îs no surprîsed o Ind a ose wrîers wo wîs o engage – Ee Irs boom o îberaîon în e 1990’s avîng quîcky dîssîpaed and e wî e wîder soca reaîîes, provîde relecîons o a socîey în crîsîs conradîcîons o apareîd capîaîsm, wîc e 1994 poîîca seemen ad no onesy and adequaey addressed, becomîng more and more apparen.
And so racîsm [as addressed înïsîunzî]conînues o bedevî us; parîarcy and e broader îmbaances o gender reaîons [as expored înSeepîng DogsandFîndîng Me] sî aun reaîons beween men and women o a cuures, bo e secuar ‘wesern’ and e rîba; e specre o omopobîc aîudes[as represened înhe Couc], despîe ega reedom, sî aîns conac beween e gay and sraîg words; îssues o corrupîon and mîsgovernance [as dea wî înhe Good CandîdaeandSoes and Coups]încreasîngy beed our scarce pub-îc resources so a e majorîy are rapped în povery; e educaîon sysem [as îgîged înïzîyao Zîkamama]bady aîs workîng cass you, condemn-îng em o a vîcîous cyce o ew skîs and grea need; and, Inay, eburnou/ seouo e seemîng ‘progressîves’ o e 1980’s, conînues o spawn vîoence and mîsrus [as dîsseced înBook Marks].
As suc, e overa pîcure îs no edîyîng. Bu în noîng ese depressîng rus, î îs encouragîng a paywrîgs are, Irsy, no syîng away rom raîsîng em; and secondy, a ey are doîng so în orîgîna and oug provokîng ways so a engagîng and absorbîng eare îs made and no jus despaîrîng propaganda. And în so doîng, even, î a boom, e pîcure îs negaîve, ey pan proverbîa ‘seeds o cange’ – or surey, we a mus ope a a new generaîon can reverse e se-desrucîve paerns o beavîour a drîve bo e od wîe economîc and socîa srucures and e new back eîe.
One mus aso commen on e ecnîca proIcîency o e paywrîgs. Wîe mos oow a convenîona srucure o înked scenes seîng ou a narraîve, ere are aso more experîmena approacs wîc mîx syes and coapse dîferen srucures îno new woes. For exampe, e ree argey work-sopped pays [ïzîyao Zîkamama,Fîndîng Meandhe Couc] use conrasîng ecnîques o drîve emseves:ïzîyaocreaes a caîn o îndependen caracers and sîuaîons/scenes wîc aken ogeer gîve a grand pîcure îumînaîng îs eme o readîng as a crîîca skî/acîvîy;Fîndîng Meoows a sîmîar paern în deveopîng îs sîuaîons depîcîng conemporary gender reaîons bu wo maîn caracers, wo wîness a serîes o over-appîng conlîcs, ancor e pîece gîvîng î a more Brecîan ee;he Coucrîggers îs acîon wî key mono-
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ogues deîvered by eac o e caracers wose înner ‘devîs’ ereater revea emseves. ïneresîngy,Book Marksaso uses monoogues o aunc îse bu ater înroducîng a e caracers, aows em o wîdraw and en reurn, one by one, beore everyone îs Inay presen and parîcîpaes în îs vîoen cîmax.
Overa, e pays creae srong, memorabe Igures:- rom e wo broers pîed agaîns one anoer and eîr umîîaed moer înïsîunzî;o e unappy usband and wîe wose cîdessness causes muc paîn and conusîon înSeepîng Dogs;o e poor ownsîp coin maker, îs prosîue over, e uggîs sodîers and oer înabîans o a myîca Arîcan repubîc wo srugge or savaîon înhe Good Candîdae;o e yped up carîcaures o e wo ‘super women’ wo cones or power înSoes and Coups;o e îsess, conormîng sudens wo sare dîgs bu wose înîmacy îs bown apar înhe Couc—a ese and more gîve îe o e dîferen personaîîes and anguage ryms a I e spaces o our geoîsed, pressured socîey. Wîe more commercîa pays [a ave a mîdde cass suburban audîence] and sand up comedy domînae e perormîng ars, e ype o commîed eare represened în îs anoogy demands crîîca responses rom e audîence. Sady î îs under rea because o severe Inancîa resraîns and îmîed audîences and, îke poery, îs vîewed as an încîdena ar orm so a îs pracîîoners srugge o moun producîons. Bu on e sreng o ese pays, one can see a e înspîraîon and sou-searcîng a îve eare ofers wî no easîy be suppressed. ALLAN KOLSKï HORWïTZ JOHANNESBURG
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WRITER’S NOTES e wrîîng o ïSïTHUNZï was înluenced by a gruesome vîdeo wîc T wen vîra în January o 2007. hîs vîdeo saw Ive back ceaners [4 emaes and 1 mae] beîng orced o ea ood wîc ad been urînaed on, ater wîc ey were made o perorm demeanîng acîvîîes on Unîversîy premîses [e Unîversîy o Free Sae]. he peope responsîbe or carryîng ou ese acîvîîes were our wîe mae sudens rom e Unîversîy wo jusîIed makîng e vîdeo by caîmîng a î was or a scoo projec – a caîm wîc was aer ound o be unrue. he pay oows e îves o wo broers, uSceo and uMuzî, sons o one o e adîes umîîaed în e vîdeo. Muzî and Sceo are a wo opposîe ends o e sîck bu eac, în îs own way, aces up o and wreses wî e ask o recaîmîng eîr amîy’s dîgnîy. As a back mae, orîgînay rom KwaZuu-Naa [a provînce wîc prîdes îse on îs mora eacîngs], e vîdeo sruck a nerve so înense a e compexîîes o îs încîden, and îs dynamîcs wîîn e Sou Arîcan conex, demanded a ey be expored and expressed în a body o work. Aong wî e racîa ensîon wîc e acîons/vîoaîons perpeuaed – no ony în e Unîversîy bu în e counry as a woe – îssues o moraîy, mercy and respec aso caed or examînaîon. Loosey ransaed as ‘sadow’ în îs sînguar orm, ïSïTHUNZï expores emes o dîgnîy, respec and reconcîîaîon wî bo se and oer. As suc, î îs a pîece wîc aows or îndîvîdua înrospecîon as we as or dîaogue o ake pace wî regard o e bîg ‘eepan în e room’: e over racîsm wîc we end o srug of as par o îsory bu wîc aways seems o sîp roug e cracks and unveî îs commandîng presence. Essenîay, ïSïTHUNZï’s core message, wîc îs embedded în îs ex, îs o îusrae o peope o coour a reconcîîaîon wî onese and wî eac oer îs a vîa componen în deeaîng racîsm and eaîng e back communîy. Hence e pay’s endîng wîc sees e broers, Sceo and Muzî, movîng owards reconcîîaîon. ï creaes a warm and enderness wîc eaves us wî a sense o ope and opîmîsm wî regard o eîr parîcuar reaîonsîp and o e genera socîa deoxîng o a e damage a racîsm causes.
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HISTORY
ISITHUNZI
ïSïTHUNZï [prevîousy enîedhe Ceaners] was Irs perormed by Duma Ndovu Academy graduaes Sîpo Zakwe and Lunganî Mabaso under e dîrecîon o Luando Mngomezuu on 16 June, 2016 a Space.com [Joburg heare]. As recen graduaes rom DUT a e îme, Sîpo and Lunganî knew a ey ad o creae eîr own work în e îndusry în order o maînaîn and one eîr skîs. Sory ater îs run a Joburg heare, e paîr enered e 2016 annua Marke heare Zwakaa Fesîva, under e menorsîp o Ompîe Mousî, resîden wrîer o e oca soapîe,Scanda.
he pay won Irs pace a e esîva and was awarded a u ree week run a he Marke în 2017 [sponsored by e Naîona Ars Councî]. Ater beîng produced by he Marke, î was seeced o represen a eare a e Irs ever NAC ‘Trade Faîr’– a one-week esîva wîc saw pays rom a around Sou Arîca compee agaîns eac oer. ïSïTHUNZï won Bes Dîrecîon[Luando Mngomezuu]and Bes Producîon respecîvey. hereater, î be-came par o e ‘Troubîng Seasons o Hae’ Conerence organîzed and ed by WïTS Unîversîy.
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ABBREVIATIONS
Specîa efec Up sage Up sage Let Cenre sage et Cenre sage rîg Specîa efecs Up sage cenre Down sage cenre Audîo vîsua
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