UJohn Kani owaba ngumdlali wasesiteji ongusaziwayo
Ndivhuho Mutsila
Vusi Malindi
isiZulu
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Lena yindaba kaBonisile John Kani.
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Wazalwa ngonyaka ka-1943 endaweni yaseNew Brighton edolobheni laseGqeberha. Uthando lwakhe lokudlala esiteji nokuxoxa izindaba lwaqala esemncane.
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Lo mfana waseMpumalanga-Kapa wadlondlobala waba umdlali wasesiteji, umbhali kanye nomqondisi wemidlalo odume umhlaba wonke.
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Ugogo wakhe nguyena owaqala ukumxoxela izindaba.
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Wayemxoxela izinganekwane futhi emfundisa nokuthi izindaba zixoxwa kanjani.
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Njalo kusihlwa ngaphambi kokuba balale, ugogo wayexoxela uJohn izindaba.
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Kwakuyizindaba ezesabisayo, ezinye zixoxa ngabathakathi abanamazinyo amade nezinzipho ezinde!
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Ngelinye ilanga ugogo wacela uJohn ukuthi kube nguyena omxoxela indaba.
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Wayiqala indaba yakhe uJohn wathi, “Kwakukhona ugogo owayethanda njalo ukuthi izingane zimxoxele izindaba!”
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UJohn wayekuthakasela ukuxoxa izindaba. Waqala nokudlala emidlaweni yasesiteji esikoleni.
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Umdlalo wasesiteji indaba elingiswa abadlali.
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Abadlali basesiteji bangashintsha amazwi abo ngesikhathi belingisa ukuba omunye umuntu. Badlala balingise zonke izinhlobo zabalingisi emidlalweni noma kumafilimu.
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Ngesikhathi esemncane uJohn wayebuka amafilimu nabangane bakhe ababengaluqondi kahle ulimi lwesiNgisi.
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Wayebahumushela abangane bakhe okukhulunywa ngesiNgisi azenze abalingisi abahlukene.
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Wathi angaqeda izifundo zakhe esikoleni samabanga aphezulu, wahamba wayosebenza embonini.
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Wajoyina amaqembu abadlali basesiteji ababesebenza kweminye imisebenzi. Iningi labo kwakungabadlali basesiteji abaNsundu.
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UJohn wake wathi, “Sasingebona nje kuphela abadlali bomdlalo.
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Sasingamasotsha esiteji.
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Sasisebenzisa ubuciko ukukhuluma kuzwakale ngezinto ezingalungile.”
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Ngaleso sikhathi uJohn waba ngumngane omkhulu womdlali uWinston Ntshona. Baqala ukuqamba imidlalo yasesiteji ngokusebenzisana.
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Babeseqenjini labadlali ababezibiza ngokuthi iSerpent Players, izinyoka phela.
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Umdlalo waleli qembu wokuqala bawudlalela endaweni eyayakhelwe izinyoka eZu yaseGqeberha.
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Yingakho nje babezibiza ngokuthi bangama Serpent Players.
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Iqembu labadlali basesiteji iSerpent Players lalihlelwa ngu-Athol Fugard, omunye ongumdlali wasesiteji nombhali wezincwadi.
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U-Athol, uJohn noWinston basebenza ndawonye ukuqamba imidlalo yasesiteji emibili eyavelela ngasekuqaleni kweminyaka yawo-1970.
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Le midlalo yayixoxa ngemiphumela yobandlululo kubantu abaNsundu.
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Le midlalo yilena, i ‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ nalona othi ‘The Island’.
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Umdlalo obizwa ngokuthi ‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ uxoxa ngemithetho yamapasi, lapho abantu abaNsundu kwakufanele bahambe bephethe incwajana kamazisi ebizwa ngepasi.
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USizwe Banzi okuxoxwa ngaye, ngeke akwazi ukuthola umsebenzi ngoba akanikeziwe imvume yokusebenza epasini lakhe.
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Lona othi ‘The Island’ uxoxa ngamadoda amabili aboshwe eRobben Island okuyijele elidumile okuboshwa kulo iziboshwa zepolitiki.
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Ngonyaka ka-1975 edolobheni laseNew York eMelika, uJohn noWinston bazuza indondo iTony Awards ngale midlalo yabo emibili, i‘Sizwe Banzi is Dead’ ne ‘The Island’.
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ITony Award indondo ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni wonke jikelele futhi izuzwa kuphela abadlali abadlala ngokuvelele esiteji.
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(Imidlalo idlalelwa esiteji.)
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UJohn waqala ukusebenza nomqondisi wemidlalo yasesiteji uBarney Simon.
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UJohn ehlangene noBarney basungula indawo yokuqeqesha amakhono asesiteji iMarket Theatre Laboratory, eyingxenye yendawo okudlalelwa kuyo imidlalo yasesiteji eseGoli iMarket Theatre.
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Le ndawo iqeqesha abantu abafuna ukusebenza esiteji ikakhulukazi abadlali.
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Ngonyaka ka-2014 igama lale ndawo lashintshwa laba iJohn Kani Theatre, ukuhlonipha yena uJohn Kani.
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Ngonyaka ka-2002 uJohn wabhala umdlalo wakhe wasesiteji wokuqala eyedwa. Ubizwa ngokuthi ‘Nothing but the Truth’ kanti uxoxa ngesimo seNingizimu afrika emva kombuso wobandlululo.
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Eminyakeni eminingi uJohn usedlale emidlalweni enhlobonhlobo, kubalwa kuyo i’Othelo’ ebhalwe nguWilliam Shakespeare, ne’Miss Julie’ ka-August Strindberg.
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Waphinde wadlala nesemidlalweni yeTV ewuchungechunge nakumafilimu. Ngo-2016 wadlala indawo ka King T’Chaka of Wakanda kufilimu i-‘Captain America: Civil War’.
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Eminyakeni emibili emva kwalokho waphinde wadlala indawo ka King of Wakanda kufilimu i’Black Panther’.
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UJohn wenza ulimi lwesiXhosa kube wulimi lwaseWakanda.
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Ngonyaka ka-2005 uhulumeni waseNingizimu Afrika wamhlonipha ngokumklomelisa ngendondo eyaziwa nge The Order of Ikhamanga.
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Le ndondo inikezwa umuntu ovelele emkhakheni wokuqamba njengemidlalo yasesiteji, imibhalo, umculo kanye nobuntatheli.
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Kuze kube namhlanje, uJohn usengumbhali, umdlali wasesiteji futhi usavelele kumhlaba wasesiteji.
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——Nakhu uJohn akusho ngezinto asezizuzile:


  1. “Imidlalo yasesiteji, ukubhala nokuba ngumdlali kwenza ukuthi ngikwazi ukuxhumana nalokho okungaphakathi kimi nasemphefumulweni wami.”
  2. Ucabanga ukuthi uchaza ukuthini ngalokhu? Xoxa ngakho nabanye.
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——Imibuzo


  1. Ngubani owafundisa uJohn ukuxoxa izindaba? Kungani usho njalo?
  2. Chaza ukuthi laba bantu benza msebenzi muni emidlalweni yasesiteji: umdlali, umbhali, umqondisi.
  3. Lalisuselwaphi igama labadlali basesiteji elithi, ‘The Serpent Players’?
  4. Thola ukuthi likhona yini iqembu lemidlalo yasesiteji emphakathini wakini.
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Le ndaba ibhalwe ngolimi lweTshivenda njengenye yezinsiza zokufunda zeprojekthi yeZenex Ulwazi Lwethu ezibhalwe ngo-2021.
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Title: UJohn Kani owaba ngumdlali wasesiteji ongusaziwayo
Author/s: Ndivhuho Mutsila
Translator/s: Zanele Zuma
Illustrator/s: Vusi Malindi
Assurer/s: Zanele Ndlovu
Language: isiZulu

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