USizwe Banzi Is Dead (owadidiyelwa futhi wakhishwa njenge: Sizwe Bansi is Dead ) ngumdlalo ka- Athol Fugard, owabhalwa ngokubambisana nabalingisi ababili baseNingizimu Afrika, uJohn Kani noWinston Ntshona, bobabili ababonakala emdlalweni wokuqala. Indunankulu yayo yomhlaba yenzeka ngomhlaka-8 Okthoba 1972 e- Space Theatre, eKapa, eNingizimu Afrika.Indunankulu yayo eyalandela yaseBrithani yawina i-London Theatre Critics Award ye-Best Play ka-1974 Indunankulu yayo yaseMelika yenzeka e- Edison Theatre, eNew York City, ngomhlaka 13 Novemba 1974.Ubekwe phakathi kwemidlalo ephambili eyake yenziwa yi- The Independent, lapho yachazwa khona njenge "umdlalo olula okhohlisayo nobuntu odlula isikhathi sobandlululo." Lo mdlalo uvula estudiyo sokuthwebula izithombe sowesilisa ogama lakhe linguStyles.Lesi situdiyo siseNew Brighton, ePort Elizabeth, eNingizimu Afrika. Ngemuva kokufunda udaba lwephephandaba ngomshini wezimoto, uStyles utshela abalaleli indaba ehlekisayo ngesigameko esenzeke ngesikhathi esebenza eFord Motor Company. Encwadini, uSizwe utshela umkakhe ukuthi uSizwe Banzi ushonile.Ubhala ukuthi ngesikhathi efika ePort Elizabeth evela kubo eKing William's Town, wahlala nomngani wakhe uZola owazama ukusiza uSizwe ukuthi athole umsebenzi.