"We Shall Sing for the Fatherland"
| Title | "We Shall Sing for the Fatherland" |
| Year for Search | 1993 |
| Authors | Mda, Zakes [Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni](b. 1948) |
| Secondary Title | We Shall Sing for the Fatherland and Other Plays |
| Pagination | 1-25 |
| Date Published | 1993 |
| Publisher | Ravan Press |
| Place Published | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Keywords | Lesotho author, Male author, South African author |
| Annotation | Dystopia of South Africa after the beginning of Africanisation in which power remains with the rich and the ex-freedom fighters freeze to death. |
| Info Notes | Play first performed in Soweto in 1979. |
| Holding Institutions | O |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1948) was born in South Africa, moved to Lesotho, studied there, in the United States, and in South Africa where he earned a doctorate at the University of Cape Town, where he taught. He has also been a visiting professor in the United States. |
| Full Text | 1993 Mda, Zakes [Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda] (b. 1948). “We Shall Sing for the Fatherland.” In his We Shall Sing for the Fatherland and Other Plays (Johannesburg, South Africa: Ravan Press, 2001), 1-25. Play first performed in Soweto in 1979. O Dystopia of South Africa after the beginning of Africanisation in which power remains with the rich and the ex-freedom fighters freeze to death. The author was born in South Africa, moved to Lesotho, studied there, in the United States, and in South Africa where he earned a doctorate at the University of Cape Town, where he taught. He has also been a visiting professor in the United States. |
