UKZN Drama Students in Action at National Arts Festival
A group of UKZN Drama students - under the supervision of visiting academic from the University of Missouri in the United States Professor Niyi Coker - performed the acclaimed Broadway production: A Raisin in the Sun, at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival...
Mama Africa–The Musical The Life and Times of an International Legend
Three days of foot stomping energy, with audiences enjoying traditional dance to the tunes of songs that have stood the test of time – the first-ever performance of Miriam Makeba Mama Africa – The Musical was a fitting tribute to legendary South African...
To Black Women, Miriam Makeba’s Life Is Forever A Song
Makeba was able to overcome her insurmountable difficulties with song but I wondered; what happens to those who do not manage to fold away their pain? The confident young black woman sitting on my left startles me with a sudden burst of tears in the dark. We are...
Remembering An Icon
Miriam Makeba — a singer who fought for civil rights in the United States and South Africa. The United States Consulate General, Cape Town is proud to support the South African arts industry in telling the story of the Miriam Makeba during...
South Africa: When Mama Africa the Musical Ruled the Artscape, Cape Town
And so legendary African cultural and civil rights activist, Miriam Makeba, returned to Cape Town last Friday and she was a show-stopper, filling the land with memories and recalls of her extraordinary life of struggles and accomplishments in the arts. Makeba returned...
Rootsy Miriam Makeba Musical
MIRIAM MAKEBA – MAMA AFRICA THE MUSICAL. Directed by Niyi Coker, Jr, with Jennifer Pau-Kakaza, Simangele Mashazi, Phelo Nodlayiya, Princess Dyani, Tabita Khoncwana, and more. Choreography Thandi Swaartbooi. JANE MAYNE There’s probably some kind of shortlist to be...
‘Mama Africa’: Resilience of the African spirit
MUSICALS which relate the story of the influential or famous individual provide a potent means of engaging and gaining insight into their lives and milieus – in an entertaining manner. We sing along and become immersed in their stories. Evita– based on the life of...
Mama Africa back at Artscape
By popular demand, Miriam Makeba Mama Africa The Musical will be staged at Artscape Theatre from 02 – 12 February 2017.The story of the life and career of the Grammy award winning singer and civil rights activist, is delightfully told in the musical, written/directed...
Cross-continental Project MAMA AFRICA: THE MUSICAL Coming to South Africa, UK and Nigeria
MAMA AFRICA: THE MUSICAL, the bio-musical about Miriam Makeba, will be staged at Artscape Theatre Centre in South Africa this February, with tour dates booked for the United Kingdom in March and Nigeria in May. Starting as a cross-continental cultural project,...
Miriam Makeba magnificently honored in ‘Mama Africa the Musical’
In the early 1960s she was introduced to the world by singer and activist Harry Belafonte, singing in her incredible, unique South African vocalizing style of yells, chants, hums and scats woven into the electrifying soulfulness and spiritual vibrations of African...