This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. As a playwright, actor and director, Athol Fugard defied South Africa's apartheid system, and the government punished him for it. He died Saturday at the age of 92.

A few minutes later Athol Fugard followed on his bicycle ... That meant the black townships of apartheid South Africa: first Sophiatown in Johannesburg (soon demolished for white housing) and ...

Experience the richness of South African theatre with 'Isidlamlilo', a compelling one-woman show about a grandmother ...