Sarafina! The Sound Of Freedom – Safa Saphel’ Isizwe:
A MyJHB.co.za selected Market Theatre Johannesburg video for you:
https://itunes.apple.com/za/album/sarafina!-sound-freedom-original/id263013036 ZA
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sarafina!-sound-freedom-original/id263013036 US
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sarafina!-sound-freedom-original/id263013036 UK
https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/sarafina!-sound-freedom-original/id263013036 GER
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/sarafina!-sound-freedom-original/id263013036 AUS
Sarafina! is a South African musical by Mbongeni Ngema depicting students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to apartheid. It was also adapted into a 1992 film starring Whoopi Goldberg and Leleti Khumalo. Sarafina! premiered on Broadway on 28 January 1988, at the Cort Theatre, and closed on 2 July 1989, after 597 performances and 11 previews. The musical was conceived and directed by Mbongeni Ngema, who also wrote the book, music, and lyrics. The play was first presented at The Market Theatre, Johannesburg, South Africa, in June 1987. The cast included Leleti Khumalo as Sarafina.
Leleti Khumalo received a Tony Award nomination, Best Featured Actress in a Musical, as well as a NAACP Image Award for her Broadway theatre portrayal of the title character. The production was also nominated for the Tony Award for: Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography, and Best Direction of a Musical.
The show presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on 16 June 1976. A narrator introduces several characters among them the schoolgirl activist Sarafina. Things get out of control when policemen shot several pupils at the school. Nevertheless, the musical ends with a cheerful farewell show of pupils leaving school, which takes most of the second act.
~ Copyright Next Music / The Orchard (Worldwide)
CLICK HERE to submit your favourite Johannesburg video.
The video was automatically curated and published with the WordPress WP Robot plugin – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress.
Visit the MyPE YouTube Channel.
Source: MyJHB
Read more on MyJHB.
Join the fun: Add Your event | Submit a Press Release | Add your listing.
