I SEE YOU (English) NGIYAKUBONA (Zulu) EK SIEN JOU (Afrikaans)NDIYAKUBONA (Xhosa), I don't need your sorries white boy, yes. You heard right. Youknow white people think we are the same? We both look black. But onlyone of us is black . . . Speak to me in your mother-tongue and I will let you go., , Post-Apartheid South Africa, after dark., , Ben meets Skinn for a night out. But the party is interrupted by thepolice. Ben, a young student who doesn't know his own history, isaccused of a crime he didn't commit. And Officer Buthelezi, a formerfreedom fighter, can't let it go., , Based on a real encounter., , This programme text was published to coincide with the world premiere of the play at the Royal Court Theatre, Upstairs, on 25 February 2016.
About the Author
Mongiwekhaya is a writer, performer and director with Handspring Puppet Company and currently performing in the international tour of Ubu And The Truth Commission. Previous work includes Kagg'an Dreams (Handspring Trust); Fallen, The Feather Collector (Grahamstown Festival). He is currently Artist in Residence for Center for Humanities Research (CHR) at the Univeristy of Western Cape and a member of the newly formed SA Playriot group.