The President's Tobacco

T01628371574
In a fictional African country, ordinary farmers are competing to grow and sell tobacco against the big people in the Party and Government. One small farmer, Mtema, appears to be able to run a profitable farm and pay his men well. But when competition escalates, he is imprisoned for embezzling the president's tobacco leaving Mrs Mtema to face an uncertain and dangerous future...

Author

Jack Mapanje

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Archive :: production:T01628371574, play:S649278029, venue:V245

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Production details

A rehearsed reading and Q&A with Jack Mapanje Maria