What's Next ? - The Mdantsane Tales On YouTube

" Can you listen to me for a minute" ? I asked.

" Ok, what's up," she said.

" I got a new idea," I replied.

" Aibo," she said

(Aibo is a South African exclamation and could be compared to the French " Oh la la ", the American " Gosh " or the German "Ach Du Lieber Gott ".

" THE MDANTSANE TALES, a series of short movies, that's my idea ," I said.

After having finished The Mdantsane Way we have moved up to the next level and are working on a series of short movies. The existing material has been filmed during the photo shots for The Mdantsane Way and is being edited at present. We have already created a channel on YouTube and hopefully we will upload the first movies very soon. 

The series carries the title " The Mdantsane Tales ".

This time the Mdantsanians are telling their stories themselves. We are the spectators, listening to the voices, the music, the poems, the memories of Mdantsane. During the work for the book we have concentrated a lot on history, life stories, memories of old people, African entrepreneurship and women.

While working with the existing material the concept that we intend to follow with the Mdantsane Tales has become very clear for us. Our focus is on artists. muscians, poets, writers, students, dancers, revolutionaries, believers, protesters, comedians, free spirits and people with other aspirations. 

In the bigger picture this means that the stories old and young are linked and connected in society. We are going to show the interdependency of people and their influence on each other in their society.

We want to take you through a whole range of emotions, like my friend in the picture.

Because emotions are good. We hope to leave you speechless, shocked, delighted, confused, happy, curious, excited and puzzled. But NOT BORED !

And in the end we hope that we can provoke a hearty laughter !