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A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South Africa who had to wait years for their husbands' return from exile, prison ...
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Mandela, 31, has grown increasingly critical of his great-grandfather's party, the African National Congress (ANC), over the years calling it a "barrier to true freedom." ...
The cast members perform during a rehearsal of a theatre play called "The Cry of Winnie Mandela" at Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) ...
Nation & World A South African play about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela explores Black women’s long wait for absent men March 4, 2025 at 9:12 pm Updated March 4, 2025 at 10:11 pm By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME ...
The play about the late former wife of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first Black president, is adapted from the novel “The Cry of Winnie Mandela” by Njabulo Ndebele. It explores themes of ...
At the height of apartheid, Madikizela-Mandela was one of the most recognizable faces of South Africa’s liberation struggle while her husband and other freedom fighters spent decades in prison.