HSRC Press

Join us for the book launch of Soweto's Theatre of Resistance 1984–1994 — a conversation about how township theatre, protest plays and street performance amplified anti-apartheid voices, mobilised communities and built solidarity across South African and beyond, featuring reflections from scholars, former performers and activists.

Join us for the book launch of Soweto: Theatre of Resistance — this book explores the role of protest theatre in Soweto through firsthand testimonies, archival photographs and critical essays. Connect with historians and theatre lovers, and discuss how performance shaped resistance.

Freedom knows no borders.

Voices of Liberation: Andimba Toivo ya Toivo reminds us that the struggle for justice in Southern Africa was shared, sustained, and deeply interconnected.

Some voices echo even in absence.

Voices of Liberation: Edson Sithole reminds us of a life committed to justice—and the enduring power of words in the struggle for freedom.