Dancer-choreographer Gregory Maqoma celebrates his 50th birthday this month with a weekend of literature, dance and music at the Joburg Theatre
08 October 2023 – 00:00 By KGOMOTSO MONCHO-MARIPANE
An image of a soldier’s boot haunts Gregory Maqoma. It’s 1976. Orlando East, Soweto. Three-year-old Maqoma is being hidden under a bed by a granny who babysits children for mothers who’ve gone to work. What little Maqoma can see from under the bed is the soldier’s boot. The smell of smoke accompanies the image. ..
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