How are the girls doing?
Fri Sep 6, 16:15 - Fri Sep 6, 16:30
UCT Hiddingh Road Campus
ABOUT
In How Are the Girls Doing? Lonwabo Notana grapples with history and in particular that told by men. It is based on Nongqawuse (c. 1841 – 1898) a Xhosa prophet whose prophecies led to a millenarian movement that culminated in the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine of 1856–1857, in what is now the Eastern Cape. Nongqawuse ‘s uncle Mhlakaza helped interpret her visions. Notana questions whether his gender allowed his version of the tragedy to be accepted, protecting Mhlakaza and vilifying Nongqawuse? Did he manipulate and fabricate elements of Nongqawuse’s spiritual journey and vision? She goes further to ask if history is still being manipulated by men chosen by the law today? What are the lessons to be learnt?