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THEATRE REVIEW: When garbage turned to gold
In Millaz' play, Taka Taka, the politician Mataka (Andrew Esirom) catches Sam (Brian Irungu), the mentally challenged thief who took his bag of goodies, at Kenya Cultural Centre, March 6, 2022. PHOTO | MARGARETTA WA GACHERU | NMG
Takataka, one word in Swahili, stands for garbage. But taka taka, two words, takes on a totally different meaning. It’s ‘I want, I want’.
Millaz’s Players’ production of ‘Taka taka’ which was staged this past weekend at Kenya Cultural Centre, made clever use of this linguistic twist. It also got to the essence of the script that Howard Lumumba wrote. Yet Lumumba himself says he didn’t do it alone.
