The Department of Performing Arts presents a multimedia program directed by Jason Aryeh in McCrary Theatre at 7:30 p.m.
“Senzenina” examines South African racial segregation and white supremacy long before the apartheid.
The controversial 1913 Land Act marked the beginning of territorial segregation by forcing black South Africans to live in reserves and making it illegal for them to work as sharecroppers. Resistance to apartheid within South Africa took many forms over the years, from non-violent demonstrations, protests and strikes to political action and eventually to armed resistance.
“Senzenina” also celebrates the end of apartheid and the black South African’s release from the silent grief of the past into a hopeful future of lasting peace.
Sponsored by the Department of Performing Arts.