Sarafina!

She was their teacher. They were her hope.

Sarafina!

Music|

Drama|

Family|

6/10

The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A narrator introduces several characters among them the school girl activist Sarafina. Things get out of control when a policeman shoots several pupils in a classroom. Nevertheless, the musical ends with a cheerful farewell show of pupils leaving school, which takes most of act two. In the movie version Sarafina feels shame at her mother's (played by Miriam Makeba in the film) acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary Masombuka (played by Whoopi Goldberg in the film version) is imprisoned.

Leleti Khumalo

Whoopi Goldberg

John Kani

Miriam Makeba

Mary Twala

Dumisani Dlamini

Mbongeni Ngema

Tertius Meintjes

Robert Whitehead

Greg Latter

Nicky Rebelo

James Whyle

Michelle Bestbier

Patrick Ndlovu

Somizi Mhlongo

Sipho Kunene

Nhlanhla Ngema

Faca Khulu

Wendy Mseleku

James Mthoba

Gideon de Wet

Bheki Mqadi

Patrick Manqele

Sibusiso Ngema

Zanele Sangweni

Ayanda Nhlangothi

Bafana Hendricks

Pheto Wildeman

Xolani Dlamini

Siya Ngcobo

Louis Seboko

Sam Ngakane

Doris Sehula

Dominic Skosana

Ishmael Boikanyo

Siphamandla Ngcamu

Mfana 'Jones' Hlope

Congo Radebe

Thulani Didi

Vincent Ngobese

Vukani Dlamini

Gugwana Dlamini

Dipou Lehlongwa

Khuluiwe Sithole

Batho Mhlongo

Billy Mashigo

Dixon Malele

Eric Seema

Velaphi Msini

Mate Bashe

Princess Msala

Sbongile Dingatha

Olga Mvicane

Sindi Dlathu

Mabusi Gumede

Khanyo Maphumulo

Mmabatho Ramoupi

Sonto Khumalo

Nonhlanhla Sithole

Seipati Sothoane

Sindisiwe Sokhela

Velile Mchunu

Brian 'Jazz' Mazibuko

Thapi 'Joko' Khambule

Gugu Mkhize

Lerato Wildeman

Nokuzola Dhlathu

Futhi Mhlongo

Rayhana Myles

Sibonakaliso Sothoane

Zanele Radebe

Alfred Ndlovu

Cyprian Shandu

John Lata

Mazwe Shabalala

Phakiso Motloung

Sduduzo Mthethwa

Thulani Mofokeng

Mabonga Khumalo

Nkosane Mzolo

Sduduzo Mbili

Skhumbuzo Kubheka

Sindane Mbatha

Stephen Evans

Dieketseng Mnisi