Woza Albert! Performing Christ in apartheid South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorHavenga, Marthinus Johannesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-30T09:45:12Z
dc.date.available2022-03-30T09:45:12Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionCITATION: Havenga, M. J. 2020. Woza Albert! Performing Christ in apartheid South Africa. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 46(1):1-14, doi:10.25159/2412-4265/6894.en_ZA
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at: http://www.scielo.org.za
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates the important South African anti-apartheid protest play, Woza Albert!, written and performed in 1981 by Percy Mtwa and Mbogeni Ngema, which retells the story of Jesus Christ so that it takes place in apartheid South Africa. The article begins with a historical overview of how the play came into being, followed by an exposition of the play's script, specifically focusing on the way it reimagines the gospels' account of Christ's life, death and resurrection. The article finally engages theologically with the play (with the help of Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological dramatic theory), in an attempt to see why Woza Albert! has proved to be such an effective literary tool in speaking out and protesting against the injustices of the apartheid state.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent14 pages
dc.identifier.citationHavenga, M. J. 2020. Woza Albert! Performing Christ in apartheid South Africa. Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 46(1):1-14, doi:10.25159/2412-4265/6894en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2412-4265 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1017-0499 (print)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.25159/2412-4265/6894
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/124388
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherThe Church History Society of Southern Africa
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyright
dc.subjectTheater -- Political aspects -- South Africa -- History -- 20th centuryen_ZA
dc.subjectWoza Albert!en_ZA
dc.subjectMtwa, Percy. Woza Alberten_ZA
dc.subjectNgema, Mbogeni. Woza Alberten_ZA
dc.subjectBalthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-en_ZA
dc.subjectApartheid -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectReligion and dramaen_ZA
dc.titleWoza Albert! Performing Christ in apartheid South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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