USizwe Banzi Ufile

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." 

 Isigcawu sendawo 
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.Ukufuna kwakhe umsebenzi akuphumelelanga; ngenxa yalokho, watshelwa yiziphathimandla ukuthi kufanele ahambe ezinsukwini ezintathu.USizwe wayohlala kumngani kaZola, uBuntu.

Umdlalo ubuyela esikhathini samanje. Ukuhlala kwaBuntu, uSizwe utshela uBuntu ngezinkinga zakhe - ngaphandle uma kwenzeka isimangaliso, kuzofanele ahambe edolobheni ezinsukwini ezintathu.UBuntu uyazwelana nale nkinga futhi uphakamisa ukuthi asebenze ezimayini eziseKing William's Town. USizwe uyawuphika lo mqondo ngokuthi uyingozi enkulu.UBuntu unquma ukumkhipha ayophuza indawo eSky, endaweni yokucima ukoma yendawo.

Ukugxila kubuyela kuSizwe njengoba eqhubeka nokuqamba incwadi ayibhalele umkakhe.Uchaza okuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe eshibhini laseSky, lapho enikezwe khona utshwala ngowesifazane ngendlela enenhlonipho.

USizwe uqeda ukuyala umkakhe lencwadi.Kuyo, umtshela ukuthi uBuntu uyamsiza ekutholeni imvume yokungena.Isimo sibuyele emuva esitudiyo sezithombe seStyles; USizwe uthathwa isithombe sakhe.

 I-akhawunti ebucayi yezakhi zofuzo 
Ngokusho kukaMarie Rose Napierkowski, kwiDrama Yabafundi (iDetroit: Gale, 2006; eNotes.com ):Uhlobo lukaSizwe Bansi Is Dead lungalandelwa kulokho okwenzeka kuFugard njengomabhalane wezomthetho eNkantolo Yekhomishana Yomdabu eGoli .Ngaleso sikhathi kwakudingeka ukuthi zonke izakhamuzi ezimnyama namakhaladi ezingaphezulu kweminyaka eyishumi nesithupha ziphathe [sic] incwadi kamazisi evimbela ukuqashwa nokuhamba ngaphakathi ezweni.Enkantolo, uFugard wabona imiphumela yalo mthetho: abamnyama bathunyelwa ejele ngesilinganiso esethusayo.Yize le mikhawulo ingeyaseNingizimu Afrika ngokukhethekile, abagxeki bakuqaphelile ukuthi indikimba yalo mdlalo yobunikazi igcwele umhlaba wonke.Abagxeki nezazi baphinde babona ukuthi iSizwe Bansi Is Dead iqukethe izinto ezingenangqondo, ikakhulukazi ukubekwa kwayo okuncane kanye nodaba lwe-surreal.  (Free excerpt; registration required for full access.)

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