Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Glossary and translation
- Images from production
- Ulwembu: the play script
- Prologue: Our story
- Scene 1 Behind the police station
- Scene 2 The police station, captain's office
- Scene 3 The school yard
- Scene 4 Portia's house
- Scene 5 Behind Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 6 Behind Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 7 The police station
- Scene 8 Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 9 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 10 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 11 Portia's house
- Scene 12 Bongani's house
- Scene 13 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 14 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 15 Bongani's house
- Scene 16 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 17 Sipho's room
- Scene 18 Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 19 Captain's office
- Scene 20 Behind the police station
- Scene 21 Bongani's house
- Scene 22 Portia's house
- Scene 23 Captain's office
- Scene 24 Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 25 On the street
- Epilogue: Our story
- Notes
- The Authors
Scene 5 - Behind Emmanuel's sphaza shop
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 May 2019
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Glossary and translation
- Images from production
- Ulwembu: the play script
- Prologue: Our story
- Scene 1 Behind the police station
- Scene 2 The police station, captain's office
- Scene 3 The school yard
- Scene 4 Portia's house
- Scene 5 Behind Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 6 Behind Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 7 The police station
- Scene 8 Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 9 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 10 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 11 Portia's house
- Scene 12 Bongani's house
- Scene 13 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 14 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 15 Bongani's house
- Scene 16 Outside Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 17 Sipho's room
- Scene 18 Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 19 Captain's office
- Scene 20 Behind the police station
- Scene 21 Bongani's house
- Scene 22 Portia's house
- Scene 23 Captain's office
- Scene 24 Emmanuel's sphaza shop
- Scene 25 On the street
- Epilogue: Our story
- Notes
- The Authors
Summary
The song continues in this scene as ANDILE and SIPHO, still in school uniform, enter. They look around cautiously before ANDILE sits on the bench and sets about rolling a whoonga spliff. He lights it and takes a drag before passing it to SIPHO. As SIPHO takes his first drag the hymn recedes into the distance and is replaced by a gritty, surreal soundscape.
The two sit back to back in the aftermath, hazy from the drug. Finally, SIPHO musters the strength to speak.
SIPHO: I want to feel that feeling again.
ANDILE: That can be arranged.
SIPHO: When?
ANDILE: You can meet me behind this kwerekwere sphaza shop after school.
SIPHO: His name's Emmanuel. [Pause.] I can't wait that long.
ANDILE [producing a packet of whoonga]: I'm going to give you a present, bra. It's two days’ worth of goof.
SIPHO: Two days?
ANDILE: Ja. You going to need to this to help you through the nights.
SIPHO: How much will it cost me?
ANDILE: The first stash is free.
SIPHO: Ai … Ai … free? What's the catch?
ANDILE: From now onwards I'm your dealer, you only ever buy from me?
SIPHO: Okay. I'm down with that.
ANDILE: That's my boy!
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- UlwembuEmpatheatre and the Big Brotherhood, pp. 16Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 2018