Photo by Mieke Ulfig

Photo by Sachyn Mital

Photo by Sachyn Mital

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"Nehanda was never less than thrilling." –NJ ARTS

In 1890, Cecil John Rhodes, then Prime Minister of Cape Colonies, advanced the Union Jack past the Limpopo river, making way for further industrial development and encouraging colonialism and immigration. Three years later, these encounters resulted in conflicts with the Ndebele people residing in modern-day Zimbabwe. Again in 1896, led by the Shona, Africans took up arms against these European invaders. It took 94 years to finally overthrow the British; however, the work that began in 1896 continues today.

Nehanda is a juridical opera, taking up questions of jurisprudence in defense of the native freedom fighters murdered by the British South Africa Company (BSAC) on behalf of the British Empire and Queen Victoria in 1898. nora chipaumire's sonic libretto uses the case law “Regina v NIANDA, 1896“ as a primer into the confusing and conflicted world of Shona spirituality, politics, power, and methodologies of anti-colonial resistance.


 

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