Athol Fugard, South African Playwright Who Dissected Apartheid, Dies at 92
In works that included “Blood Knot,” “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead” and “The Island,” he exposed the realities of racial separatism in his homeland.
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Athol Fugard, South African political dissident playwright, dies aged 92
A giant of political drama, Fugard captured the injustices of apartheid in works such as Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island. The South African playwright and director Athol Fugard, whose works ...The Guardian - 11h -
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Roy Ayers, a jazz legend who influenced hip-hop and R&B musicians, dies at 84
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George Lowe, the voice behind Space Ghost on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, dies at 67
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