History Revived In The Spirit Of Umoja
Monday, July 26, 2010
The Umoja show is one of the most elaborate, detailed and honest shows ever made about the history of black people in South Africa.
Umoja tells the story of Indigenous South African music right up to the modern Kwaito. During the two hour show, narrated by Penuel Bhekezitha Ndaba, the cast wears clothes collaborating with the times; from the traditional skin hide clothing to the jazz times of Sophia town, the gumboot dancing, the times of the mapantsulas and tsotsi's, the African attire fabrics up to the modern mini skirts and stilettos.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...