The title Destiny conjures hope; the play is set in January 1976 and the Soweto uprising began in June of that year. It was a significant movement of students protesting the use of the Afrikaans in schools, a language the “coloured” population did not speak.
The word “destiny” also suggests a certainty in the trajectory of the play itself. Once the story is set in motion, the outcome feels not so much predictable as it is inevitable.
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Photos: Pia Johnson
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