After Independence
May Sumbwanyambe
Let us not dwell on the past . . . Im an old man Charles. Old enough to know the past is only good for doing one thing Destroying the future. Africa is changing. Country by country, step by step. But for Guy and Kathleen, life on their ranch goes on, just as it has since their ancestors first claimed this land. Until a man from the new government arrives with a smile and a purchase order but theres more than just land at stake. Charles will do whatever it takes to restore the farm to the native population. A game of cat and mouse, claim and counter-claim, begins, with the heritage of an entire nation to play for. As truths are revealed and moralities questioned, are things ever more than simply black and white? Inspired by real events in Zimbabwe, May Sumbwanyambes play is an unflinching examination of land ownership, dispossession and justice in a post-colonial world.
May Sumbwanyambe
Let us not dwell on the past . . . Im an old man Charles. Old enough to know the past is only good for doing one thing Destroying the future. Africa is changing. Country by country, step by step. But for Guy and Kathleen, life on their ranch goes on, just as it has since their ancestors first claimed this land. Until a man from the new government arrives with a smile and a purchase order but theres more than just land at stake. Charles will do whatever it takes to restore the farm to the native population. A game of cat and mouse, claim and counter-claim, begins, with the heritage of an entire nation to play for. As truths are revealed and moralities questioned, are things ever more than simply black and white? Inspired by real events in Zimbabwe, May Sumbwanyambes play is an unflinching examination of land ownership, dispossession and justice in a post-colonial world.
May Sumbwanyambe
Let us not dwell on the past . . . Im an old man Charles. Old enough to know the past is only good for doing one thing Destroying the future. Africa is changing. Country by country, step by step. But for Guy and Kathleen, life on their ranch goes on, just as it has since their ancestors first claimed this land. Until a man from the new government arrives with a smile and a purchase order but theres more than just land at stake. Charles will do whatever it takes to restore the farm to the native population. A game of cat and mouse, claim and counter-claim, begins, with the heritage of an entire nation to play for. As truths are revealed and moralities questioned, are things ever more than simply black and white? Inspired by real events in Zimbabwe, May Sumbwanyambes play is an unflinching examination of land ownership, dispossession and justice in a post-colonial world.