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'By C rolyn arfleld
Art. C o"esponilenl
i �.
, Curious about replace­
ment co ts for window
� tripped from her h me,
'Zakiya Talibah Abimdola
dicovered she could handle
the task herself.
I n her, earch for economi­
cal home repair the world of
gla opened to her. I
. Gl a probab ly predate
'Egyptian civilization, al­
though hi torians aren't sure
of it origin. Glas blowing,
fu ing, tainglas and stump-
ing 're type of gla media.
"J realized there were not
many' de ign 'portrying
African culture. The market
for African taingl s i un­
tapped," she id. "Having
been told would be one to
create and ach this special
craft.
I want to disseminate a
wider intere t in the African
American community �o see
that every hou e and office
ha windows of taingla s. .
Ptowshares opens
with a �ang
By I) rrick C, Lewi
Sw// Writer
, WORKING ON A set
with nothing but a couple of
wooden boxes "and a wall a
props, an a' .urtrncnt of ha� ,
and two red clown no .c • the
pair gives a saririca ok at
South Africa and i r's apart-
heid poli wherc even (
"Morena" is oppre 'scu by it.
The coming 0 hr ist is
startc d a� a rumor by It highl Y
religious prisoner who prays
for the coming of the
"Morena:" Soon he has
others bel icvi ng Christ will
come al '0.
The rumor becomes 0
wide sp re ad, the pres iden t
goc on national tclevi ion
saying Christ" coming i a
val ida tion 0'[ the aparthe id
policy but at the same time
disclaims the rumor. •
Meanwhile on Alber.
trect (a street Hnc d with
'Black .. men with p a c'
degrading them ietve , beg­
ging for jobs from whites
who drive by), the rumor that
Christ has arrived has come
true. Christ tell the men on
Albert street to throwaway
their pas hooks and follow
him to Soweto.
Christ ees the poverty and
ig'ho:-ance fostered by the
a p a rl he i d ' y's tern, w hi c h
rna k e s. hie r y , and he
deliver m1 ac le to the
people to make thing te r,
January '.ll, 1 1 MICHIG
lnd
THI ENVOY HA
stepped forward to
demonstrate marketable
talent. Orthea's Place Sports,
a wor of Apirnbola, featur­
ing a musical cale of "Lif.
Every Voice and Sing."
.Hab ib a Owens, m o er
,.
CITIZ
Pa e 11
I
and child theme wer incor- Mu eu 0 Alrican-
porated by Abi mb o la in Arnert an hi tory giftshop.
another work offering wid r Abi la ha m tered
complement to jhcir c Ilage the.t chnique nece aTY to
origin. . make th end product correct:
et'ritti and Afri an laying a pattern, gla cor-
ni g h 'gh{ b am mellow' ing, color election, piercing
ton J a can be found in the and oldering.
/ "Though. it' time con urn-
in , it' eat fun." I've al­
way. con tructed thing." he
aid. "A' a girl 1 }I ed to put
model -car and mon ter it
together. The real enjoyment
for me i working with my
hands, When I got off into
taingla ,it felt uper. I'm
beginning' to embrace t e
idea I have arti tic way
864-4100 ' 864-4100
MARATHON
in ".
tim of the apartheid ystcm,
and Ii nal ly lead' all of South.
Africa" Blacks to risc up
again the system ' ..
The term "w o z a ," a' in
.1 W 0 z a A I h c r t. " mea n � to
"ri e up." . , ,
Throughout the play the
audience: I�.C tertained and
c d u c a nrd on the o u t h
At'rican stru I i le for freedom
and eif·dctcrmlnation. (lC'
cording to Gary Ander: 00,
art i ric director of the play.
o rig ina II y tag c d' a t the
Market Th\.!alrc of Johannes­
burg, South A [rica in 1982.
Andcrson and Michael
Garza can be auributc d to th
creation of. Detroit' newe t
non-profit theatre located at
151 Broadway. The PI w­
shares Theatre wa rccentl y
an ail-night dance 'club,' ut
now it is an outlet for the
utilitalion ot� local artist, to
realize their .creative poren­
tial.
D TROIT - What wO'Jld be
. your reaction 10 the econd
coming of Je us Christ in
South Africa?
The play' "Woza Albert l,"
performed at the newly
opened Plowshare Theatre
from Dec. 1t.-30, ghes a liv,:­
Iy portrayaJIof �h8t happens
when the "Morena" ( avior)
come to ap r t hc i d South
Africa,
The 'highly energetic play
is kept a l ivc by only two ac­
tors, Tim Rh o z e (The
Co lor e d M u e u m , Fe nee
One Monkey Do n 't Stop No
Show) and Luray Cooper
(Othello. Les Bla,nc'. A THE GOVI�RNMENT,
Raisin in the Sun).' • _ vainly thinking Chri t was
rhe pair portray going to validate the apart-
policemen, .o l d ic r s , he id sy tern, find that he i a
politician', ja�1 mus ic ians, threat, calls h t m a com­
pri .o ne r s , b r i c k.l a y c rs , munist, and rows him in
'women, young boy', and old jail, but mere bars fail to
men. with no hrcak and in hold him, and he coutd- b
less than two h urs . seen floating from the pri 'on.
He is throw n in jai I agai n,
and a ub equent e cape
result in Chri t being killed
by an atomic bomb dropped
on him, t
But ala • Chri t rises three
days latter, and he brings
from the dead the fallen vic-
TilE J'LAY WAS written
by Mbongeni Ngema {c(eato!
of "Sarafina"), Percy Mtwa
(creator of '�BOPHA!"), and
Barney, Simon. It wa
ABIMU LA II her
ight et on owning a
pe ia,1 t y arid s upp ly lore
where, h will de ign
Afrocentric pattern and
rock the. thing nece ary to
do thi ancient era 1.
She al want to create a
pr gram with the Detroit,
Public School to timulate
future design r of
tainglas. "I .want
young t rs to be able to un­
der t nd gla through (unc­
tion and ae the tic."
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