Acting is my comfort zone - Molosi

Molosi at the Three Dikgosi Monument PIC THALEFANG CHARLES
Molosi at the Three Dikgosi Monument PIC THALEFANG CHARLES

After shooting to international fame for his portrayal of Sir Seretse Khama in Blue, Black And White, actor Donald Molosi, narrates to Mmegi staffer THALEFANG CHARLES his success. In an interview held at the Three Dikgosi Monument he takes Arts & Culture through his journey from Maitisong to Broadway

Historian Sandy Grant writes in his book, Botswana And Its National Heritage, “In the years between 1885 and 1966, when Botswana was a British Protectorate there were two major events, which were etched into its popular consciousness. The first was the visit to the United Kingdom in 1895 of the three Chiefs and the second the marriage of Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams in London 1948.“

But academic and book critic, Tiro Sebina, was quick to condemn Grant’s reasoning.  Sebina argues in his review, “Such reasoning elevates the cult of the personality and tends to lionise elite characters who were as perplexed as everyone else by the material and historical changes that were forming and deforming their communities. Why highlight a visit and a marriage when more devastating events were in process?”

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