Nwabisa is a storyteller who uses theatre as a medium. She is curator and coordinator of the Masambe Theatre at the Baxter Theatre Complex. She’s from the Eastern Cape, graduate of the University of Cape Town and more recently named a Mandela-Washington Fellowship, Young African Leader. Going behind the scenes, we find out where her story began and what’s the next act….
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Nwabisa is curator and coordinator of the Masambe Theatre at the Baxter Theatre Complex.
Book Stories People is a podcast for people with an appetite for the story behind the story. Whether a book, a play, a movie, poem, song, a blog – or even a tweet, there’s always a back story – more to it than meets the eye. Or the ear. And that’s often where the gold lies. So that’s what I hope to bring you on BSP, the less well-trumpeted tales, the inside intel – from wordsmiths of all disciplines – known, unknown celebrity or completely unheard of. And who am I? You might well ask. Just an independent journalist from the tip of Africa with an appetite for stories that matches your own. Nancy Richards, yours in stories.
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A talk with Nwabisa Plaatjie
