MET | WITH Miché van Wyk, Theodore Jantjies, Lynette du Plessis & Damian Jacobs SKRYWER | WRITER Lynthia Julius REGIE & ONTWERP | DIRECTOR & DESIGNER Lee-Ann van Rooi BELIGTINGSONTWERP | LIGHTING DESIGN Alfred Rietmann KLANKBAAN | SOUNDSCAPE Carl Julius CHOREOGRAAF | CHOREOGRAPHER Grant van Ster VERHOOGBESTUUR | STAGE MANAGER Charlene Colling PRODUKSIEHUIS | PRODUCTION HOUSE BOSSIKOP

’n Ko-produksie van die Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees & Suidoosterfees, ondersteun deur NATi & die Festival Enterprise Catalyst (FEC), in samewerking met die Jobs Fund

A co-production of Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees & Suidoosterfees, supported by NATi & the Festival Enterprise Catalyst (FEC), in conjunction with the Jobs Fund

’n Wrok, sê hulle, is ’n seer ding om te koester. Namas en Boesmans is mos vreedsame mense. Só teken die wit mense hulle op. Hulle baklei nie. Hulle gee af as daar moet afgegee word en hulle vat nie. Soos Hanna het Maria ’n kjeent by God gesmeek en God het gegee. Dawid en Maria is vir Dammas gegee. Op ’n Sondag in 1867 word hulle kamp, Nona-Ams, deur Boesmans oorval terwyl die grootmense ’n kerkdiens op Besondermeid bywoon. Twee-en-dertig Nama-kjeeners, hulle oppassers en honde word doodgemaak. Dieselfde God wat vir Dawid en Maria gegee het, vat vir Dammas en 31 anner Nama-kjeeners terug. En gee en terugvat is erger as steel.

A grudge, they say, is a painful thing to nurse. Nama and San people are peaceful folk. Or that’s how white people portray them. They don’t fight. They give when it is needed, and they don’t take. Like Hanna, Maria begged God for a child, and God gave her one. Dawid and Maria were given Dammas. On a Sunday in 1867, their camp, Nona-Ams, was attacked by San people while the adults were attending a church service at Besondermeid. Thirty-two Nama children, their caretakers and dogs were killed. The same God who gave to Dawid and Maria, took back Dammas and 31 other Nama children. Giving and then taking back is worse than stealing.

Duration: 70min
Age Restriction: 13
Language: Afr