In Zulu, "Isithunzi" means "dignity," but also "spirit of death and renewal." Within each of us resides a spirit: a connection to our ancestors and to the cosmic energy that gives birth to all life. Monthati Masebe, a South African composer and initiator of an archive of African cultural sounds, tells the story of three protagonists on their journey to their inner selves in her first music theater piece, based on a text by the Afrofuturist author Shanice Ndlovu. She invites the audience to a cultural encounter, combining Western instruments with South African playing techniques and also appearing on stage herself as a performer of electronic soundscapes.

Marina Rachner

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22 - 26 May, 2026

Istihunzi: Monthati Masebe: Music theatre by Monthati Masebe · Staatstheater Wiesbaden

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