Miriam Makeba-Mama Africa –the musical”, on the struggles and challenges of anti-apartheid singer and civil rights advocate. The musical first opened in Cape town, South Africa, before touring the USA with an original cast of 40 performers. This musical production was made possible by grants and fellowships from the Carnegie Foundation, with permission and grand rights licenses by the ZM Makeba Trust in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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‘Mama Africa’: Resilience of the African spirit

MUSICALS which relate the story of the influential or famous individual provide a potent means of engaging and gaining insight into their lives and milieus – in an entertaining manner.

Mama Africa back at Artscape | News24

By popular demand, Miriam Makeba Mama Africa The Musical will be staged at Artscape Theatre from 02 – 12 February 2017.

Rootsy Miriam Makeba Musical | WeekendSpecial

Miriam Makeba musical dubbed Mama Africa The Musical relives pivotal moments in the life of Miriam Makeba with Pata Pata, Meadowlands, more

South Africa: When Mama Africa the Musical Ruled the Artscape, Cape Town

And so legendary African cultural and civil rights activist, Miriam Makeba, returned to Cape Town last Friday and she was a show-stopper, filling the land with memories and recalls of her extraordinary life of struggles and accomplishments in the arts.

Cross-continental Project MAMA AFRICA: THE MUSICAL Coming to South Africa, UK and Nigeria

MAMA AFRICA: THE MUSICAL, the bio-musical about Miriam Makeba, will be staged at Artscape Theatre Centre this February, with tour dates booked for the United Kingdom in March and Nigeria in May.

Some of his Off-Broadway writing and directing credits include,  Booth!  a musical on the reflections of Edwin Booths after the assassination of Lincoln (in collaboration with Barbara Harbach & Jonathan Yordy);

Booth! The Musical – Music by Barbara Harbach – Part 1

Booth! The Musical – Music by Barbara Harbach – Part 1http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/cofac/booth/home.html Music by Barbara Harbach http://www.barbaraharbach….

Booth! The Musical – Music by Barbara Harbach – Part 4

Booth! The Musical – Music by Barbara Harbach – Part 4http://www.umsl.edu/divisions/cofac/booth/home.html Music by Barbara Harbach http://www.barbaraharbach….

Originally titled, Endangered Species;  this is a play on how racism complicates family dynamics. It was first commissioned and sponsored by the British Council, with a tour of England;  This script was later revised and titled Preemptive, a drama on Islamophobia, initially developed at the Indiana University Playwrights lab and staged at London’s West End Shaw Theatre, produced by the British company, Z-Mirage..

BBC World Service – The Strand Archive, 03/06/2010

Bollywood Awards, Jonathan Dee, the Caine Prize and Lagos theatre.

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Ouray – Denver, Colorado USA.   1992

Ouray, written in collaboration with the Southern Ute Tribal Council in Ignacio Colorado, and staged with Southern Ute and Native American actors in Denver, Colorado. The play was staged to coincide with the “Christopher Columbus anniversary”. The play is based on the 19th century struggles of the Utes in Colorado, against European encroachment.