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AMAJUBA - LIKE DOVES WE ‘ RISE
Powerful storytelling about apartheid South Africa 00.0.
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t.: " I ' I . Telling the full story of apartheid South ' '3 '. f i ’ Africa might be a nigh on impossible task, but Amajuba gets right to the guts of it with five searingly intimate stories of childhood that speak volumes about victimised peoples and an oppressive nation. The tales, of hunger, forced relocation, street crime, rioting and police brutality, vividly illustrate how South Africa‘s troubles destroyed families and friendships, and beyond that the damaging effect on both the individual human spirit and the nation as a whole.
The utterly compelling narratives end with a series of actions — singing, swimming, running — each representing to the narrator a method of survival, and in a broader sense they suggest South Africa ten years post-apartheid still has a lot of healing to do.
The show‘s considerable emotional impact is further heightened with the rhythm and the blues of dance and a capella song, the combination of which also imbues Amajuba with a rich, celebratory spirit. The knowledge that the stories were culled from the cast members' own lives (in collaboration with playwright Yael Farber) and that they are, the performers tell us, wholly unremarkable in South Africa makes Amajuba a deeply moving experience. (Miles Fielder)
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