UJohn Kani owaba ngumdlali odumileyo weqonga
Ndivhuho Mutsila
Vusi Malindi
isiXhosa
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Le ncwadi yamabali ingoBonisile John Kani.
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Wazalwa ngo-1943 eNew Brighton, ekwisixeko iGqeberha. Eselula, wayekuthanda ukudlala eqongeni, wayewathanda namabali.
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Lo mfo waseMpuma Koloni, wakhula waba ngumdlali odumileyo ehlabathini, umbhali nomlawuli kwezeqonga!
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Umakhulu kaJohn nguye owamsondezayo emazisa ngamabali. Wambalisela amabali amaninzi ezithethe, wamfundisa nokwenza amabali.
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Yonke imihla ngokuhlwa, phambi kokuba kulalwe, umakhulu kaJohn wayebalisa amabali.
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Yayingamabali oyikisayo amalunga negqwirha elalinamazinyo amade neenzipho ezinde!
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Ngenye imini umakhulu wacela uJohn ukuba makambalisele ibali.
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Waqalisa ngokuthi, “Ngaxa lithile, kwakukho ixhegokazi elalisoloko lifuna abantwana balibalisele amabali!”
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UJohn kwakumonwabisa ukwenza amabali. Waqalisa ukuthatha inxaxheba emidlalweni esikolweni.
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Umdlalo weqonga libali elinabalinganiswa abathatha inxaxheba.
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Abadlali bangawaguqula amazwi abo bazenze abantu abahlukileyo. Bangaziindidi zabalinganiswa emidlalweni yeqonga kwiifilimu nakwimiboniso bhanyabhanya.
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Eselula uJohn wayebukela iifilimu nabahlobo bakhe ababengasiqondi kakuhle isiNgesi.
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Intetho yesiNgesi uJohn wayeyitolikela kulwimi oluthethwa ngabahlobo bakhe ababengabalinganiswa abahlukileyo.
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Akuphumelela esikolweni seMfundo ePhakamileyo, uJohn waba ngumsebenzi efektri.
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Wazibandakanya neqela labadlali beqonga ababekweminye imisebenzi. Abaninzi kubo yayingabadlali beqonga abangabantu abaNtsundu.
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Wathi uJohn, “Sasingengobadlali beqonga kuphela. Sasingamajoni eqonga. Sasisebenzisa ubugcisa ukuze sikhuze izenzo ezingalunganga.”
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Ngelo xesha uJohn waba ngumhlobo omkhulu womdlali weqonga onguWinston Ntshona. Baqalisa bobabini ukuyila imidlalo yeqonga.
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Kungoko babezibiza besithi bazi‘Serpent Players’. Umsebenzi wokuqala welo qela wawusemngxunyeni wenyoka ongenanto endaweni yokulondoloza izilwanyana zaseGqeberha.
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Kungoko babezibiza besithi bazi‘Serpent Players’.
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Iqela i‘Serpent Players’ lasungulwa nguAthol Fugard owayengomnye wabadlali beqonga ekwangumbhali.
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UJohn, uAthol noWinston basebenza kunye baseka imidlalo yeqonga emibini ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo1970.
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Le midlalo yayimalunga nempembelelo yokucinezelwa kwabantu abaNtsundu. Omnye umdlalo wawunesihloko esithi ‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ ekubeni omnye wawunesihloko esithi ‘The Island’.
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Umdlalo othi ‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ wawumalunga Nomthetho wamapasi owawunyanzelisa ukuba umntu omnyama makabe nencwadana yokuzazisa ekwakusithiwa lipasi.
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Ngokomdlalo lo, uSizwe Banzi akakwazi kusebenza ngoba akafumani mvume kwipasi lakhe. Umdlalo othi ‘The Island’ umalunga namadoda amabini asesiQithini seeNtini entolongweni eyayidumile yamabanjwa ezopolitiko.
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Ngo1975 eNew York, uJohn noWinston bazuza iiTony Awards ngomdlalo othi ‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ nangalowo uthi ‘The Island’.
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I‘Tony Award’ libhaso elibalulekileyo kumazwe ngamazwe elingomsebenzi obalulekileyo kwithiyetha. (Imidlalo yenzelwa ethiyetha.)
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UJohn waqalisa ukusebenza nomlawuli wethiyetha onguBarney Simon.
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EnoBarney baseka iLebhu yeMarket Theatre eyinxalenye yeMarket Theatre eRhawutini.
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Kule Lebhu kuqeqeshwa abantu abafuna ukusebenza kwithiyetha, ingakumbi abazimisele kwimidlalo yeqonga.
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Ngo2014 iMarket Theatre yaliguqula igama leyona ndawo inkulu yayiJohn Kani Theatre ngeenjongo zokumnika iwonga.
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Ngo2002 uJohn wabhala umdlalo wakhe wokuqala weqonga owawusithi ‘Nothing but the Truth’ kwaye usekelwe wadlalelwa eMzantsi Afrika emva kweminyaka yengcinezelo.
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Eminyakeni emininzi wayethatha inxaxheba emidlalweni yeqonga, kuquka nalowo uthi ‘Othello’ owabhalwa nguWilliam Shakespeare, nalowo uthi ‘Miss Julie’ owabhalwa nguAugust Strindberg.
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UJohn wathatha inxaxheba kwimidlalo eneziqendu kaMabonakude nakwiifilimu. Ngo2006 wayengumdlali ongu‘King T’Chaka of Wakanda’, kwifilimu ethi ‘Captain America: Civil War’.
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Emva kweminyaka emibini waphinda wadlala engu‘King of Wakanda’ kwifilimu ethi ‘Black Panther’.
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UJohn wasazisa isiXhosa njengolwimi lwelizwe lengqikelelo ekuthiwa yiWakanda!
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Ngo2005 uJohn wawongwa nge‘Order of Ikhamanga’ nguRhulumente woMzantsi Afrika.
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Eli wonga lelempumelelo ebalaseleyo kumabakala okuqingqa, umzekelo, kwithiyetha, kuncwadi, emculweni okanye kubhalo lwemibandela yamaphephandaba.
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Nakwimihla esiphila kuyo, uJohn usabhala, usadlala emaqongeni, usenayo nempumelelo kwihlabathi lethiyetha.
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——Oku kokuthethwayo nguJohn Kani ngempumelelo yakhe:


  1. “Ithiyetha, ukubhala nokudlala eqongeni kuyandivumela ndibalise ngokwenzekayo ngaphakathi kum, esazulwini somphefumlo wam.”
  2. Ucinga ukuba uthetha ukuthini? Thetha nabanye ngale into.
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——Imibuzo


  1. Ngubani owaphembelela uJohn Kani ukuze abalise amabali? Utsho kuba kutheni?
  2. Nika inkcazela ngento eyenziwayo ngaba bantu ethiyetha: umdlali, umbhali, umlawuli.
  3. Yayiyintoni imvelaphi yegama leqela labadlali beqonga elithi ‘The Serpent Players’?
  4. Qondisisa ukuba likhona na iqela lethiyetha kwindawo enihlala kuyo.
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Le ncwadi yamabali yenziwe yaza yabhalwa ngesiVenda njengenxalenye eyiprojekhthi yokufundwayo eyiZenex Ulwazi Lwethu ngo2021.
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Title: UJohn Kani owaba ngumdlali odumileyo weqonga
Author/s: Ndivhuho Mutsila
Translator/s: Angelinah Dazela
Illustrator/s: Vusi Malindi
Assurer/s: Bukeka Mahlangabeza
Language: isiXhosa

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