TIRO'S 'TOUGHLOOP' TESTIMONY, winner of the Best Script, Baxter Zabalaza Theatre Festival 2023

82pp., paperback, Junkets Publisher, Cape Town, 2024

ISBN: 9780994679130 

A one-person play on the life of teacher and Black Consciousness stalwart Onkgopotse Tiro (1945-1974), killed by a letter-bomb sent to him in Botswana by the apartheid regime.

"A remarkable life cut far too short by a parcel bomb. This is the overwhelming thought that diffuses through when leaving the auditorium after seeing the outstanding performance ... Ayanda Nobakabona is mesmerising in his performance of the searing work." Africa Melane, Chair, Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards

"... a moving testament to the power of art to educate and preserve history ... a thought-provoking work that challenges conventional ideas about education." Amanda Wilson, Cape Town Today

Ayanda ka Nobakabona lives in Dunoon’s Zwelitsha informal settlement in Cape Town.