Inspired by the extraordinary life of the last queen of Madagascar, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"RANAVALONA III, THE CHRYSALIS QUEEN\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\", the production is a way of celebrating all powerful women in our society and across the world. A continuous journey through time and space, to present and represent women in undaunted manner. Endumbeni is a sacred space where traditional healers/ shamans pass spiritual prognoses and treatments on clients through several mediums. Thomas defines his latest offering as “a space. of healing, confrontation and spiritual realignment of generations passed. A transcendent space where multiverses coexist… Western historians have always portrayed the great African King USHAKA as a blood thirsty tyrant who only wanted power and nothing else. This is not true; King SHAKA is the foundation and the pillar of the African people. He wanted to form one strong nation of the Southern hemisphere… A story of freedom fighters and community activists who are turned to be deadly assassins, double agents, informers and intelligence analysts. It tells the story of men and women who infiltrated organized civic movements and student organisations for recruiting unsuspecting youth and influential leaders. This story interrogates the decisions that led to their choice of turning from community activists to mass killers. The generation of patriots who left everything behind and went to pursue the liberation struggle in Africa. It deals with sins of the past, plumbing the dark depths of human rights abuses that took place in the Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) camps around Africa and the abuse of power by the party’s leaders and military commanders during its exile years. It is a brave and unflinching look at one of the ANC’s darkest periods. The production is an adaption of the book We Are Going to Kill Each Other Today: The Marikana Story by Thanduxolo Jika, Sebabatso Mosamo, Leon Sadiki, Athandiwe Saba, Lucas Ledwaba and Felix Dlangamandla. The book looks at the lives of mineworkers, such as the late Mgcineni “Mambush” Noki, and their families, as well as the events leading up to the massacre. Noki became the face of the strike and was known as the “man in the green blanket” because of the blanket he was often photographed wearing.Ranavalona III, The Chrysalis Queen
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