Bra Gib offers a fascinating portrait of the multi-faceted man who was a playwright, teacher, musician, and entrepreneur - and does not shrink from engaging the controversies that surrounded Kente.Soweto Theatre is proud to announce a ten day musical tribute to culture luminary and godfather of South African theatre, Gibson Kente, from 7 to 17 December 2017. Presented in two parts, it gives a chronological overview of Kente's plays and the popular and critical reaction to them, and it also includes anecdotal insights into the famous Kente working methods from those who knew and worked with him. As the first definitive work on this talented, influential, and controversial man, Bra Gib comes to fill a gap that needed urgent addressing. His work to date has been poorly documented and the records of all but one of his plays were lost in a fire. Kente's touring township shows came to define South African township theatre and provided the base from which much black South African theatre was later to flourish. His prolific musical productions, staged between the mid-1960s to 2004, were enthusiastically received by township audiences throughout South Africa. ISBN 9781869142094 This is an account of the life and work of Gibson Kente - fondly known to many as 'Bra Gib' - who is widely recognized to be South Africa's foremost black playwright and one of the leading cultural icons of his time. Bra Gib, father of South Africa's township theatre - Rolf Solberg.
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