Act 2 - Scene 3
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 June 2019
Summary
(Enter the four men dressed in immaculate evening dress, white jackets, bowties, walking-sticks, and hats pulled low over the eyes. As they sing, they execute dance steps reminiscent of the Manhattan Brothers.)
BANTU BAHLALA
Bantu bahlala ngenhliziy’ ezibuhlungu
Sophia ngeyami (2)
Bantwana baydlala
Bazali bayakhala
Bakhalel’ ilizwe labo
Sophia ngeyam’ (2)
Sithi yebo yebo yebo yebo
Sophia ngeyami (2)
Nanka amabhunu
Afikile ngebulldoza
Adiliz’ imizi yethu
Sophia ngeyam’ (2)
(People stay with sad hearts
Sophiatown is mine (2)
Children are playing
Parents are weeping
Weeping for their land
Sophiatown is mine (2)
We say yes, yes, yes, yes
Sophiatown is mine
Here come the Boers
Coming with the bulldozer
They destroy our homes
Sophiatown is mine) (2)
(Blackout.)
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- SophiatownA PLAY CREATED BY JUNCTION AVENUE THEATRE COMPANY, pp. 59 - 60Publisher: Wits University PressPrint publication year: 1993