This multi-ethnic volume of five plays looks at the many problems facing South Africa. The stories include Anthony Akerman's Somewhere on the Border, an anti-war play dealing with the invasion of Angola; The Hungry Earth by Maishe Maponya, which dramatises black disabilities and the will to liberation; Susan Pam's Curl Up and Dye, a story about five women in a hair salon who find the divisions of apartheid stronger than their common interests; Paul Slabolepsky's Over the Hill which uses sporting metaphor to anatomize the ...
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This multi-ethnic volume of five plays looks at the many problems facing South Africa. The stories include Anthony Akerman's Somewhere on the Border, an anti-war play dealing with the invasion of Angola; The Hungry Earth by Maishe Maponya, which dramatises black disabilities and the will to liberation; Susan Pam's Curl Up and Dye, a story about five women in a hair salon who find the divisions of apartheid stronger than their common interests; Paul Slabolepsky's Over the Hill which uses sporting metaphor to anatomize the white middle class and Just Like Home, a mediation on exile.
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Add this copy of South Africa Plays: New South African Drama to cart. $97.88, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Nick Hern Books.
