The cry of Winnie Mandela
The cry of Winnie Mandela At the Market Theatre to watch "The cry of Winnie Mandela". If you had the opportunity and honor of asking the mother of nation a couple of questions, what would they be? Stompie? TRC? Mandela FC? Her 400+ days in prison? Why her union with Nelson didn't last and what could she have done better if anything? The show starts off with a writer thinking out loud, watching a news bulletin about the murder of Stompie. It is alleged that the Mandela FC team kidnapped and murdered him. There's uproar and chaos considering Mandela FC is Winnies team. "She changed, she's not the same person. She used to be warm, empathetic and compassionate, but now I don't recognize her" - these are some of the sentiments expressed from the screen from commentators. The writer is in a room, he is thoughtful, he wants to write Winnies story from her vantage point. Then four african women appear from his imagination. They are re...