I SEE YOU (English) NGIYAKUBONA (Zulu) EK SIEN JOU (Afrikaans) NDIYAKUBONA (Xhosa) I don't need your sorries white boy, yes. You heard right. You know white people think we are the same? We both look black. But only one of us is black . . . Speak to me in your mother-tongue and I will let you go. Post-Apartheid South Africa, after dark. Ben meets Skinn for a night out. But the party is interrupted by the police. Ben, a young student who doesn't know his own history, is accused of a crime he didn't commit. And Officer Buthelezi, a former freedom fighter, can't let it go. Based on a real encounter. This programme text was published to coincide with the world premiere of the play at the Royal Court Theatre, Upstairs, on 25 February 2016.

An exceptional play about societal tension and racial dynamics in post-Apartheid South Africa by South African playwright Mongiwekhaya

About the Author
Mongiwekhaya is a writer, performer and director with Handspring Puppet Company and currently performing in the international tour of Ubu And The Truth Commission. Previous work includes Kagg'an Dreams (Handspring Trust); Fallen, The Feather Collector (Grahamstown Festival). He is currently Artist in Residence for Center for Humanities Research (CHR) at the Univeristy of Western Cape and a member of the newly formed SA Playriot group.


Book Information
ISBN 9781474288118
Author Mongiwekhaya
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 86g