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Mr. Thokozani Kapiri

LECTURER
Drama and Theatre Studies

Research Areas

Acting techniques, Theatre directing, Race and Representation in Performing Arts, Critical Race Theory, Post-dramatic theatre, Afrofuturism, Digital Arts,

Publications

  • Conference Proceedings
    • Kapiri, Thokozani .“Lynching Drama as an Aesthetic Form of Traumatic and Healing Experience in Black Theatre: An analysis of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Play, We Are Proud to Present a Presentation about the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Südwestafrika, Between the Years 1884– 1915.” (Conferece Paper).Theatre History SymposiumThe Mid-America Theatre Conference, DoubleTree. Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown. Pittsburgh. PA.USA.March 5-7, 2026. (2026)
  • Conference Proceedings
    Kapiri, Thokozani. Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism: Analyzing Neil Blomkamp’s film District 9 in Search of a Distinctive Aesthetic Style in Black Speculative Fiction.. Bowling Green State University.2025 (2025)
  • Conference Proceedings
    Kapiri, Thokozani. Gulewamkulu as Postdramatic Theater: Analyzing a Malawian Ritual Performance from a Postdramatic Theater Perspective. Research Paper. National Indaba on Arts and Culture., Crossroads Hotel, Lilongwe..3rd - 4th December 2024 (2024)
  • Drama/Plays
    Kapiri, Thokozani. What if I were White. Luanar Creative Nexus Magazine .Vol.1.Issue 1, October 13, 2024 (2024)
    https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/times360malawi
  • Book
    Kapiri, Thokozani, & Mzumara, Misheck , The INPATH-SABC Interactive Theatre Filed Manual: For Community Drama Groups Conducting Interventions in Communities to Improve Maternal, New-Born and Child Health in Malawi (1st ed.). Lilongwe: Co-water Sogema,One Drop & Lincoln supplies.2019 (2019)
  • Translation
    Kapiri, Thokozani, & Mzumara, Misheck .INPATH-SABC KAPANGIDWE KA ZISUDZO ZOKAMBIRANA KU MUDZI: Zokhudza magulu a zisudzo a kumudzi kuti apititse patsogolo uchembere wabwino, kasamaliridwe ka ana ang’onoang’ono komanso kuti akhale a thanzi.(T. Kapir, trans; Chichewa version; 1st Ed.). Lilongwe: Co-water Sogema,One Drop & Lincoln supplies.2019 (2019)
  • Translation
    THE INPATH-SABC MANUAL Kapiri, Thokozani, & Mzumara, Misheck .KAPANGIRO KA MADRAMA GHA VIDUMBIRANO MUVIKAYA: Yakukhwaskana na magulu gha madrama kuti ghalutiske panthazi ntchito ya uchembere uwemi, kapwelelero ka ŵana awo ŵababika waka kuti ŵaŵe na umoyo uwemi.(M. Mzumara Trans; Tumbuka version;1st ed.). Lilongwe: Co-water Sogema,One Drop & Lincoln supplies.2019 (2019)
  • Book Chapters
    Kapiri, Thokozani. “Theatre in Malawi, directing in Europe”. N. Keller & C. Nix & T. Spieckerman (ed.) Theatre in Africa: between Art and Development Cooperation, Stories of a German-Malawian Collaboration. Berlin: Theatre der Zeit, 2013. (2013)
    https://www.amazon.com/Theater-Afrika-Entwicklungszusammenarbeit-Development-deutsch-malawischen-ebook/dp/B00HERC6NG
  • Drama/Plays
    WORLD 3.0 – The Aid Machinery (Welt 3.0 – Maschinerie Hilfe). By Clemens Bechtel & Thokozani Kapiri.Theatre Konstanz. Nanzikambe Arts. 2012. (2012)
    https://wanderlust.kulturstiftung-bund.de/indexce8a.html?p=5515
  • Drama/Plays
    The Messenger. Play. A Nanzikambe Arts-Theatre Konstanz Malawi-German Crossing-Borders Theatre Production; directed by Thokozani Kapiri; script by Thokozani Kapiri & Aaron Ngalonde; & edited by Mphatso Chidothe; German translation by Lea Gekle & Stephane Koppmair (2011)
    https://www.nachtkritik.de/nachtkritiken/deutschland/baden-wuerttemberg/konstanz/theater-konstanz/the-messenger-nmalawi-theater-konstanz