UJohn Kani, usuka emGodini weNyoka ugcina ayiKosi
Ndivhuho Mutsila
Vusi Malindi
isiNdebele
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Indatjana esencwadini le ikhuluma ngoBonisile John Kani.
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Wabelethwa ngomnyaka we-1943 e-New Brighton, edorobheni leGqeberha. Wathanda ukulingisa neendatjana kusukela ebuncanini bakhe.
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Umsanyana obuya e-Eastern Cape lo, wakhula waba mlingisi, mtloli nomnqophisi odume khulu ephasini mazombe!
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Ugogwakhe kaJohn wamfaka ephasini leendatjana.
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Wamdembela iinganekwana ezinengi begodu wamfundisa nokubumba iindatjana.
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Qobe ntambama ngaphambi kobana bayokulala, ugogwakhe bekamcocela iindatjana.
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Bekuziindatjana ezithusako ezikhuluma ngomloyi onamazinyo amade namazipho amade!
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Ngelinye ilanga ugogwakhe wabawa uJohn bonyana amcocele indatjana.
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UJohn wathoma ngokuthi, “kwasukasukela! Kade kwakunogogo omdala owabe athanda bona abantwana bamcocele iindatjana!”
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UJohn bekakuthabela ukucoca iindatjana. Wathoma ukulingisa nabekasafunda ekulisa.
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Umdlalo yindatjana edlalwa balingisi.
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Abalingisi bangatjhugulula amaphimbo benze sengathi bangabanye abantu abahlukileko. Badlala yoke imihlobo yabalingisi emidlalweni nemafilimini.
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Lokha uJohn nakasesemncani, bekabukela amafilimu nabangani bakhe egade bangazwisisi i-English kuhle.
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UJohn bekatologela abangani bakhe ikulumo-pendulwano ye-English, adlala iindima ezihlukahlukeneko.
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Ngemuva kokuqeda isikolo samabanga aphezulu, uJohn wasebenza efemeni.
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Wajoyina nesiqhema sabalingisi, ebebasebenza kweminye imisebenzi. Inengi labo kwakubalingisi babantu abaNzima.
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UJohn wathi, “Besingasiso isiqhema sedrama kwaphela. Besimasotja esiteji. Sisebenzise ubukghwari ukukhuluma ngezinto ezingakalungi.”
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Ngalesisikhathi uJohn waba mngani omkhulu nomlingisi uWinston Ntshona. Bathoma ukubumba imidlalo baboke.
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Bebasesiqhemeni sedrama esasibizwa ama-Serpent Players.
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Isiqhemesi umdlalo waso wokuthoma sawenzela emgodini weenyoka onganalitho esithameleni seenlwana seGqeberha.
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Ngikho nje bazibiza ngokuthi ma-Serpent Players.
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Umdlalo wesiqhema sama-Serpent Players wahlelwa ngu-Athol Fugard, owabe angomunye umlingisi begodu amtloli.
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U-Athol, uJohn noWinston basebenza boke babumba imidlalo emibili eqakathekileko ekuthomeni kweminyaka yabo-1970.
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Imidlalo yabe ikhuluma ngemiphumela yebandlululo ebantwini abaNzima.
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Imidlalo ibizwa ‘I-Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ ne- ‘The Island’.
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‘I-Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ ikhuluma ngemithetho yamadompasi, lokha abantu abanzima nebebakatelelwa ukobana bakhambe nabomazisi ebebabizwa amadompasi.
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USizwe Banzi angeze akghone ukusebenza ngombana bekangakghoni ukuthola iphemidi yedompasi yakhe.
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‘Isihlengele sikhuluma ngamadoda amabili esihlengeleni se-Robben Island, ejele eyayidume khulu yeembotjhwa zepolotiki.
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Ngomnyaka we-1975 e-New York, uJohn banoWinston bathumba abonongorwana bama-Tony Awards nge-‘Sizwe Banzi Is Dead’ ne- ‘The Island’.
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Unongorwana we-Tony Award ungunongorwana oqakathekileko weentjhabatjhaba wokwenza umsebenzi omuhle etiyetha. (Imidlalo idlalelwa etiyetha.)
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Ngomnyaka we-1977, uJohn wathoma ukusebenza nomnqophisi wetiyetha ibizo lakhe okunguBarney Simon.
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UJohn banoBarney bathoma iLabhorethri yeMarket Theatre, eyingcenye yeMarket Theatre ngeJohannesburg.
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Ilabhorethri ibandula abantu abafuna ukusebenza etiyetha, khulukhu labo abafuna ukuba balingisi.
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Ngomnyaka we-2014, i-Market Theatre yatjhugulula ibizo lendawayo ekulu laba yi-John Kani Theatre, lokhu yakwenzela ukumhlonipha.
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Ngomnyaka we-2002, uJohn wazitlolela yena umdlalo wakhe wokuthoma. Wona-ke ubizwa ngokuthiwa yi ‘Nothing but the Truth’ wadlalwa eSewula Afrika ngemuva kobana ibandlululo liphele.
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Eminyakeni eminengi, bekadlala emihlobeni eminengi yemidlalo, kufakwe hlangana nomdlalo othi “Othello” otlolwe ngu-William Shakespeare, nalo othi ‘Miss Julie’ otlolwe ngu-August Strindberg.
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UJohn ube mlingisi elungelungeni lemidlalo ye-TV nakumafilimu.
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Ngomnyaka we-2016, wadlala njengo-King T’Chaka of Wakanda efilimini ethi ‘Captain America: Civil War’.
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Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili, wadlala godu emdlalweni waba ngu-King of Wakanda efilimini i-‘Black Panther’.
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UJohn wafaka ilimi lesiXhosa njengelimi elikhulunywa eWakanda!
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Ngomnyaka we- 2005, uJohn watlonyeliswa mBuso weSewula Afrika nge-The Order of Ikhamanga.
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Unongorwana lo ungewalabo abenze umsebenzi omuhle khulu emikhakheni yetiyetha, kwezemitlolo, emvumeni namkha emsebenzini wokutlolela iimbikiindaba.
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Nanamhlanjesi uJohn usatlola, usalingisa begodu usathumba ephasini letiyetha.
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——Nakhu lokho uJohn Kani akutjhoko ngekghono lakhe:


  1. “Itiyetha, ukutlola nokudlala kungenze ngakghona ukulemuka lokho okwenzekako kimi, emmoyeni wami.”
  2. Ucabanga bona utjho ukuthini? Khuluma ngalokhu nabanye.
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——Imibuzo


  1. Ngubani owakhuthaza uJohn Kani ukobana acoce iindatjana? Kubayini utjho njalo?
  2. Hlathulula bona abantwaba benza ini etiyetha: umlingisi, umtloli, umnqophisi.
  3. Ngiliphi ibizo lokuthoma lesiqhema somdlalo we- ‘The Serpent Players’?
  4. Akhese uthole bona ingabe sikhona isiqhema setiyetha emphakathini wekhenu.
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Indatjana esencwadini le yabunjwa begodu yatlolwa ngelimi leTshivenda, njengengcenye yephrojekthi yamamatheriyali wokufunda we-Zenex Ulwazi Lwethu we-2021.
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Author/s: Ndivhuho Mutsila
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Illustrator/s: Vusi Malindi
Assurer/s: William Jiyana
Language: isiNdebele

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